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wicce-cræeft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wicce-cræeft, es; m.
Witchcraft, sorcery, magic art
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  • Wiccecræft

    necromantia,

      Hpt. Gl. 501, 66.

  • Ða heáfodleahtras sind . . . hǽðengyld, drýcræft, wiccecræft,

      Homl. Th. ii. 592, 7.
  • Se cristena man ðe his hǽlðe sécan wyle æt unálýfedum tilungum, oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǽnigum wiccecræfte, ðonne bið hé ðám hǽðenum mannum gelíc, i. 474, 22 : Homl. Ass. 28, 99.

  • Be wiccecræfte (veneficio) ðǽr man corn bærnð, L. Ecg. C. 32, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 20, Be wífes wiccecræfte

    de veneficio mulieris,

      33, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 22.

  • Se man ðe begá wiccecræft

    vir in quo pythonicus vel divinationis fuerit spiritus,

      Lev. 20, 27 : Wulfst. 71, 2.

  • Hǽðenscipe bið ðæt man . . . wiccecræft (wiccan cræft,

    v. l.

    ) lufige,
      L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21 : L. N. P. L. 48; Th. ii. 298, 1.

  • Wiccecræft álecgan,

      O. E. Howl. i. 302, 36.

  • Seó wicce ðe áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 210.

  • Eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge,

      17, 26.

  • Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata ne wígelunga ne wiccecræfta,

      Wulfst. 40, 14.

  • Be wiccecræftum. Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum . . . gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre, and hé his ætsacan ne mihte, ðǽt hé beó his feores scyldig,

      L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 9-12.

  • Wiccecræftas

    prestigias,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 25.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wicce-cræeft.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35499.

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