Re: Wicked!
- From: Phil C. <philstoxicwaste@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:46:57 +0100
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:14:12 +0100, Phil C.
<philstoxicwaste@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy of 1334 includes one Everard le Wikked
living in Stamford (Bredecroft).
<http://www.le.ac.uk/english/pot/lincbrad.html>
Cool name, huh? My dictionaries suggest that "wicked" is Middle
English perhaps from OE Inca, a wizard. But I wonder what nuances the
word carried in the C14th. Anyone got an OED handy?
"Inca" should be "Wicca". Bloody spellchecker. (Or perhaps St Brendan
came back and brought an Inca with him?)
--
Phil C.
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