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WARLOCK
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WARLOCK , a wizard, sorcerer or magician (see MAGIC) . The word in O . Eng. is wcerloga, literally "a liar against the truth," from wet., truth, cognate with See also: Lat. verism (cf
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Ger. wahr), and Toga, liar, from Mogan, to lie (cf
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Ger. lugen)
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It was thus used with the meaning of a traitor, deceiver, a breaker of a truce
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In M
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Eng. it is found as a name for the devil (warloghe), the See also: arch liar and deceiver
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The use of the word for a sorcerer or wizard, one whose magic See also: powers are gained by his See also: league with the devil, seems to be a See also: northern See also: English or Scottish use
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