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seiðworker

seiðworker noun: one who practices seiðr.

Noun

seiðworker (plural seiðworkers)

  1. (Germanic) One who practices seiðr.
    • Seiðworkers engage in faring-forth, trance-journeying, for a variety of ends, including healing and divination.2003, Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism, page 31
    • Today, as in the Nordic saga traditions of more than one thousand years ago, most seidworkers are female.2005, Barbara Tedlock, The Woman in the Shaman's Body, page 280

Forms of seiðworker

pluralseiðworkers
alternative formseidworker

Origin of seiðworker

From seiðr + worker.

Questions about seiðworker

What does seiðworker mean?
Seiðworker means one who practices seiðr.
What part of speech is seiðworker?
Seiðworker is a noun.
What is the plural of seiðworker?
The plural of seiðworker is seiðworkers.

Words near seiðworker in the dictionary

  1. seizurogenicity
  2. seiðkona
  3. seiðkonas
  4. seiðkonur
  5. seiðr
  6. seiðworker
  7. sejant
  8. sejant rampant
  9. sejarah
  10. sejeant
  11. sejid

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