wiccecræft

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From wiċċe ‘witch’ + cræft ‘craft’.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwitʧekræft/

[edit] Noun

wiċċecræft m. (genitive sg wiċċecræftes)

  1. The practice of witches, witchcraft, necromancy
    • 996–7, Ælfric of Eynsham, Lives of the Saints, 7.209,
      Seo þe ðus awent þurh wiccecræft manna mod.
    • c. 1100, Aldhelm Glosses, 1.4055,
      necromantia, i.e. demonum invocatio: ȝaldre, wiccecræfte.

[edit] Descendants

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