A hedge wizard had told him there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in, he claimed.

Maester Luwin had a number of choice things to say about hedge wizards.

Such characters are often taught informally, by another hedge wizard, rather than receive a formal apprenticeship or education at a school.

If you invited a hedge wizard to a party he would spend half the evening talking to your potted plant.

And I am really not much more than a glorified hedge wizard with a few nasty tricks.

And that sneaking twit of a hedge wizard, Smoke.

Any semicompetent hedge wizard could run a singleton off or keep a pack from breaking into the circle of light.

"I'm surprised a hedge wizard like you even had the ability to bring the boy to me, old woman," the Hooded One said.

It had been very hard to convince the hedge wizards that their abilities did not match their dreams.

I'll spend the rest of my life as a hedge wizard and Shin'a'in horsebreeaer if I have to.