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seiðkona

seiðkona noun: a female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.

Noun

seiðkona (plural seiðkonas or seiðkonur)

  1. (Germanic) A female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.
    • Coordinate term: seiðmann
    • People ask me, as a seidkona, how they can hear the gods, and I say: start with silence.2009, Galina Krasskova, Raven Kaldera, quoting Gudrun of Mimirsbrunnr, Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner: A Book of Prayer, Devotional Practice, and the Nine Worlds of the Spirit, page...
    Synonyms:
    völva

Synonyms of seiðkona

Forms of seiðkona

pluralseiðkonas
pluralseiðkonur
alternative formseidkona

Origin of seiðkona

Borrowed from Old Norse seiðkona.

Questions about seiðkona

What does seiðkona mean?
Seiðkona means a female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.
What part of speech is seiðkona?
Seiðkona is a noun.
What is the plural of seiðkona?
The plural of seiðkona is seiðkonas.

Words near seiðkona in the dictionary

  1. seizurelike
  2. seizures
  3. seizuring
  4. seizurogenic
  5. seizurogenicity
  6. seiðkona
  7. seiðkonas
  8. seiðkonur
  9. seiðr
  10. seiðworker
  11. sejant

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