wise womann.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪz ˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪz ˌwʊmən/

(For the general sense ‘a woman who is wise’ see wise adj. 1)

1. A woman skilled in magic or hidden arts; a female magician, soothsayer, etc.; a witch, sorceress; esp. a harmless or beneficent one, who deals in charms against disease, misfortune, or malignant witchcraft. Now dialect or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun]

walkyrieOE

witchOE

hagc1230

strya1300

wise woman1382

sorceressc1384

luller14..

tylyester14..

chantressc1425

magicienne1490

gyre-carline1535

witch-womana1538

eye-biter1584

beldama1586

witch-wife1591

cunning woman1594

saga?a1600

magha1609

magicianess1651

hag-witcha1658

haggard1658

besom-rider1664

wizardess1789

fly-by-night1796

lucky1827

bruja1829

weird-woman1845

hex1856

Baba Yaga1857

pishogue1906

witcher1928

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xiv. 2 Joab..sente to Thekuam, and took thens a wise womman.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wise woman that telleth fortune.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. v. 24 Was it not the wise woman of Brainford?

1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke i. ix. 71 A sort of practitioners, whom our custome..doth call wisemen and wisewomen, reputed a kind of good..harmles witches or wisards, who by good words..promise to allay..diuels, practises of other witches, and the forces of many diseases.

a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) v. vi. 74 I haue haunted a wise woman of our Parish in Maldon, hath taught mee the spell of eury each of them.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. vii. §8 107 The help and skill of the Witch or Wise-woman.

1828 W. Hone Table Bk. II. 777 An old woman..who was..accounted a wise woman, and a practiser of the ‘art that none may name’.

1875 in G. F. Jackson & C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore (1883) 146 I asked him if Mrs. P—— was a witch? He answered, she was a wise woman, and only used her knowledge to stop others doing wrong.

1885 A. H. Bullen in Dict. National Biogr. I. 112/2 In his extremity he sought the assistance of a wisewoman, Alison Pearson, who treated him so successfully that he completely recovered. His enemies ascribed his cure to witchcraft.

2. A midwife (= French sage-femme): cf. sage woman n. at sage adj. and n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]

midwifec1300

childwifea1387

midwomana1400

Lucinac1405

matron?a1425

grace-wifec1600

Mother Midnight1602

headswoman1615

handwoman1637

sage woman1672

howdie1725

accoucheur1727

granny1738

obstetrix1773

accoucheuse1795

dukun1817

fingersmith1819

wise woman1821

obstetrician1826

obstetrist1873

tocologist1902

birth attendant1910

S.C.M.1935

monitrice1969

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 308 ‘Oh, what, you have got the wise woman then?’ said Varney.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wise woman
释义	wise womann. Brit. /ˈwʌɪz ˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈwaɪz ˌwʊmən/ (For the general sense ‘a woman who is wise’ see wise adj. 1) 1. A woman skilled in magic or hidden arts; a female magician, soothsayer, etc.; a witch, sorceress; esp. a harmless or beneficent one, who deals in charms against disease, misfortune, or malignant witchcraft. Now dialect or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] walkyrieOE witchOE hagc1230 strya1300 wise woman1382 sorceressc1384 luller14.. tylyester14.. chantressc1425 magicienne1490 gyre-carline1535 witch-womana1538 eye-biter1584 beldama1586 witch-wife1591 cunning woman1594 saga?a1600 magha1609 magicianess1651 hag-witcha1658 haggard1658 besom-rider1664 wizardess1789 fly-by-night1796 lucky1827 bruja1829 weird-woman1845 hex1856 Baba Yaga1857 pishogue1906 witcher1928 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xiv. 2 Joab..sente to Thekuam, and took thens a wise womman. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wise woman that telleth fortune. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. v. 24 Was it not the wise woman of Brainford? 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke i. ix. 71 A sort of practitioners, whom our custome..doth call wisemen and wisewomen, reputed a kind of good..harmles witches or wisards, who by good words..promise to allay..diuels, practises of other witches, and the forces of many diseases. a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) v. vi. 74 I haue haunted a wise woman of our Parish in Maldon, hath taught mee the spell of eury each of them. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. vii. §8 107 The help and skill of the Witch or Wise-woman. 1828 W. Hone Table Bk. II. 777 An old woman..who was..accounted a wise woman, and a practiser of the ‘art that none may name’. 1875 in G. F. Jackson & C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore (1883) 146 I asked him if Mrs. P—— was a witch? He answered, she was a wise woman, and only used her knowledge to stop others doing wrong. 1885 A. H. Bullen in Dict. National Biogr. I. 112/2 In his extremity he sought the assistance of a wisewoman, Alison Pearson, who treated him so successfully that he completely recovered. His enemies ascribed his cure to witchcraft. 2. A midwife (= French sage-femme): cf. sage woman n. at sage adj. and n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 308 ‘Oh, what, you have got the wise woman then?’ said Varney. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1382
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