wiglere

• wīglere, weohlere

From wigle +‎ -ere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiɡ.le.re/, [ˈwiɣ.le.re]

wiglere m

1. diviner, augur, sorcerer, soothsayer

   Nū cwyð sum wīġlere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swā swā hit āgǣð mid ðām ðincge

   Now a certain sorcerer speaks, that witches often say so as it happens with that matter

   Drȳmen, and wiccan and ōðre wīġeleras bēoð tō helle bescofene for heora scīncræftum

   Druids and witches and other sorcerers are cast off to hell for their deceptive magic

   On gelīcnysse wīġleres and rǣdendes

   In the likeness of a sorcerer and diviner

Strong ja-stem:

• hwata
• *wīgla

• wiglian (“to divine, predict”)
• wigle (“divination, augury”)
• wiglung (“divination, augury”)
• steorwigle (“astrology”)
• steorwiglere (“astrologer”)

• Middle English: wiʒelere, wiheleare, wiliere, wikelere, wielare