wicchecraft
Middle English
/ˈwitʃ(ə)kraft/
noun
Definitions
- witchcraft, magic
- spell, a particular instance of witchcraft
- enchantment; the result of witchcraft
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wiccecræft affix from Middle English wicche.
Origin
Middle English
wicche
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterwitchcraft English
- witch English
- witchcraft English
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- wiccecræft Old English
- wiċċe Old English
- wiċċecræft Old English
- ƿicce, wiċċe Old English
- wicche Middle English
- witch Scots