Warlock
Disclaimer
This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.
Warlock
Etymologically, a warlock is a "liar on oath," and hence a "traitor" or "deceiver." Indeed, the word orginally meant "traitor" in English. It soon broadened out into a general term of abuse, and it was also used as an epithet for the "devil," but the modern sense "evil sorcerer" did not emerge until the 14th century. It started life as a compound noun formed from woer "faith, pledge" (a relative of English very and German wahr "true") and -loga "liar" (a derivative of leogan, the ancestor of modern English lie) (Ayto 567).
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