Definitions
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- noun obsolete
Magic ,sorcery ,spell , occult art.
Etymologies
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From Old English ġedwimor, dwimor.
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Examples
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‘It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
mollusque commented on the word dwimmer
A form of magic in Diana Wynne Jones' The Pinhoe Egg, part of her Chrestomanci series. Apparently related to Tolkien's "dwimmer-crafty" (Eomer's description of Saruman). OED2 list "dweomercræft" meaning "jugglery, magic art", with a quotation from 1205.
December 3, 2007