▪ I. † wiel Obs.
Forms: 1 wiᵹ(e)l-, wiᵹul-, wil-, 3 wiȝel, wihel, wiel.
[OE. wiᵹ(e)l str. n. (also in steorwiᵹl astrology), whence wiᵹlian vb. (cf. ME. biwiȝelien), wiᵹlere agent-n., wiᵹlung n. of action, corresp. to MLG., (M)Du. wichelen, † wîgelen, MDu. wijchelâre, wich-, MLG. wicheler; of obscure origin.]
Sorcery, magic; a piece of magic; a deceit, delusion.
| a 1100 Aldhelm Gloss. vii. 165 (Napier 159/2), Diuinationis, wiᵹles. Ibid. in Anglia XIII. 33/162 Ceremonias, wiᵹlum. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 He [sc. a devil] makeð þe unbilefulle man to leuen swilche wiȝeles, swo ich ar embe spac. c 1205 Lay. 19250 Ygærne wes mid childe:..al þurh Merlines wiȝel. a 1225 Ancr. R. 92 Þurh þet sihðe ȝe schulen iseon alle þes deofles wieles. Ibid. 300 His [sc. the devil's] wiȝeles & his wrenches. a 1225 St. Marher. 13/9 Wið sume of mine wiheles ich wrenchte ham adun hwen ha lest wenden. |
So
† wielare, a sorcerer, magician; a deceiver;
† wiele (
wyle) [
OE. type
*wiᵹela], a sorcerer, wizard;
† wiȝelful a., magical; deceitful;
† wiȝeling, sorcery, magic.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 330 Drymen..and..wiccan and oðre *wiᵹeleras, beoð to helle bescofene. 11.. Fragm. ælfric's Gram. (1838) 2 Augur, wielare. a 1225 Ancr. R. 106 Þe wielare, of sum derne þing..makeð a swote smel cumen. |
| a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. x. 38 Nes y never wycche ne *wyle. |
| c 1205 Lay. 2880 Mid *wiȝeful his fluhte. Ibid. 21140 His sweorð..wes iworht..mið wiȝele-fulle craften. Ibid. 31659 Heo weore wiȝel-fulle. |
| a 1000 Kent. Gloss. in Wr-Wülcker 71/3 Diuinatio, *wilung. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 102 Nu ᵹe cepað daᵹas and monðas mid ydelum wiᵹlungum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal wicche creft aleggan and wiȝelunge ne ȝeman. c 1205 Lay. 15791 Monies godes monnes child heo bicharreð þurh wiȝeling. |
▪ II. wiel var. weel1;
obs. f. well adv.