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Warlocks?
The word warlock comes from the Old English world waerloga, which in turn is a combination of two words: waer (faith, oath) and leogan (to lie). The word literally means "oath liar" or in our words, "oath-breaker" or "traitor".
In the early Middle Ages the word was used to refer to those who had broken their faith or oath to the Church and God. It was in Scotland c. 1300 that it was first used to connote a male witch, the -ck ending, making it masculine.
Today's Pagans rarly use the word, and then only to refer to one who has broken their oath to their coven or grove.
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