wicchecraft

Middle English

Alternative forms

wicche craft(e), wicchecrafte, wicchecreft, wich-crafte, wiche-craft, wichecrafte, witchcraft, wycche crauffte, wycchecraft, wychecraft, wychecreft, wytchecraft

Etymology

From Old English wiccecræft; equivalent to wicche +‎ -craft.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwit͡ʃ(ə)kraft/, /ˈwit͡ʃ(ə)krɛft/

Noun

wicchecraft (plural wicchecraftes)

witchcraft, magic
- 1387, chapter XLIV, in John Trevisa, transl., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis:
  And in þat ilond is sortilege and wicchecraft [translating superstitiones, atque præstigia] i-vsed. For wommen þere selliþ schipmen wynde, as it were i-closed vnder þre knottes of þrede, so þat þe more wynd he wol haue, he wil vnknette þe mo knottes.
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spell, a particular instance of witchcraft
enchantment; the result of witchcraft

Descendants

English: witchcraft

References

“wicche-craft, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

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