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hægtesse

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hægtesse, an; f.
A witch, hag, fury
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  • Helle-rúne vel hægtesse

    pythonissa,

      Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 102; Wrt. Voc. 60, 11.
  • Hægtesse

    Tissiphona,

      113; Som. 79, 115; Wrt. Voc. 60, 22.
  • Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan

    if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were a witch's shot, now will I help thee,

      Lchdm. iii. 54, 1-12. v. Grmm. D. M. 992.
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v.  hǽting.
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  • hægtesse, n.