Wicks/Wiccians

[Tim Ware]

I did a little checking on the internet and found an online version of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, compiled in the 9th century AD. There is a passage
which might suggest that a chap named Ethelmer (and there are many
Ethel-prefixed names, Ethel being a Germanic name meaning "noble") was a
deceased alderman of (perhaps) the Wiccians, members of the pagan religion
known as Wicca or Wicce. A later Ethel, Ethelmund, is mentioned as a
Wiccian alderman. 

Interesting stuff.

The URL:
http://ftp.std.com/obi/Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Saxon.Chronicles/aschron.txt

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