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Seiðr and Witch (word)

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Difference between Seiðr and Witch (word)

Seiðr vs. Witch (word)

In Old Norse, seiðr (sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr, seith, or seid) was a type of sorcery practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. The word witch derives from the Old English nouns wicca ('sorcerer, male witch') and wicce ('sorceress, female witch').

Similarities between Seiðr and Witch (word)

Seiðr and Witch (word) have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Deutsches Wörterbuch, Galdr, Old English, Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Indo-European language, Witchcraft.

Deutsches Wörterbuch

The Deutsches Wörterbuch (The German Dictionary), abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence.

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Galdr

Galdr (plural galdrar) is one Old Norse word for "spell, incantation"; these were usually performed in combination with certain rites.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; German: Urgermanisch; also called Common Germanic, German: Gemeingermanisch) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the linguistic reconstruction of the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, the most widely spoken language family in the world.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups.

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Seiðr and Witch (word) Comparison

Seiðr has 63 relations, while Witch (word) has 38. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 5.94% = 6 / (63 + 38).

References

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