Meaning of seiðkona | Babel Free

Definitions

A female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.

Germanic

Examples

“Coordinate term: seiðmann”

“People ask⟳ me, as a seidkona, how they can hear⟳ the gods, and I say⟳: start⟳ with silence.”

“The other reading shows the whale as a part of the hugr of the women, with the whale shape⟳ (and possibly the storm) created by the seidkonas.”

“Frithiof's Saga tells of two seiðkonur (women who know⟳ seiðr) hired to drown⟳ some enemies of their paymaster at sea.”

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