wiccecræft

Old English

Etymology

wiċċe +‎ -cræft

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwitʧekræft/

Noun

wiċċecræft m. (genitive 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.

   • circa 1100, Aldhelm Glosses, 1.4055,

     necromantia, i.e. demonum invocatio: ȝaldre, wiccecræfte.

Descendants

• English: witchcraft