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The most commonly accepted etymology derives ''warlock'' from the Old English ' meaning "oathbreaker" or "deceiver".〔Old English ''(unicode:wǽr-loʒa)'' weak masculine (="traitor, enemy, devil, etc.") = Old Saxon ''wâr-logo'' weak masculine (=? "deceiver") (once, Hêliand 3817, in plural ''wârlogon'' applied to the Pharisees). The first element is probably Old English ''wǽr'' strong feminine (="covenant") = Old High German ''wâra'' (="truth"), Old Norse ''várar'' strong feminine plural ("solemn promise, vow") (cf. ''Vǽringi'' = "confederate, Varangian"); cf. Old Slavic. ''věra'' ("faith). This is a derivative from the adjective represented by Old English ''wǽr'' ("true") (once, Genesis 681; ? a. Old Saxon.) = Old Saxon, Old High German ''wâr'' ("true"): - Old Teutonic ''(unicode: *wǣro-)'': - Pre-Teutonic ''(unicode: *wāro-)'' = Latin ''vērus''. The second element (an agent-n. related to Old English ''léoʒan'' ("to lie belie, deny") occurs also in the similar comps. ''(unicode:áþ-loʒa)'', ''(unicode:tréow-loʒa)'' (Old Saxon ''treulogo''), ''(unicode:wed-loʒa)'' (Middle English ''wedlowe''), ("an oath-breaker"), etc. - (Oxford English Dictionary, (online) 2nd Edition (1989) )〕 However in early modern Scottish Gaelic, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch (which can be male or female, but is used predominantly for females).〔McNeill, F. Marian, ''The Silver Bough: A Four Volume Study of the National and Local Festivals of Scotland'', Glasgow: William Maclellan,1957, vol 1; also Chambers, Robert, ''Domestic Annals of Scotland'', Edinburgh: 1861, and Sinclair, George, ''Satan's Invisible World Discovered'', Edinburgh, 1871〕 From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture. A derivation from the Old Norse ''varð-lokkur'', "caller of spirits", has also been suggested;〔Cleasby, R.,Vigfusson, G. ''An Icelandic-English Dictionary'', London, Macmillan, 1874〕〔Olsen,M.,''Maal Og Minne'', Bymalslaget, Oslo, 1916〕〔Loewe, M., Blacker, C.''Oracles and Divination'', p.130 ("'Vardlokkur'...is related to the Scots dialect word 'warlock', wizard, and the meaning is thought to relate to the power to shut in or enclose"), London, George Allen & Unwin, 1981〕 however, the Oxford English Dictionary considers this etymology inadmissible.〔"ON. varðlokkur wk. fem. pl. ... incantation, suggested already in Johnson, is too rare (? occurring once), with regard to the late appearance of the -k forms, to be considered." — (Oxford English Dictionary, (online) 2nd Edition (1989) )〕 ==See also== *Magician (fantasy) *Magician (paranormal) *Warlock of Chiloé *Witcher (mythology) *Witchcraft 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warlock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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