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dweomer

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about 1 month ago mollusque said:

Also see dwimmer.

about 1 month ago she said:

And similarly, dweomercraeft is witchcraft.

about 1 month ago sionnach said:

Dweomer, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the Old English word meaning 'witchcraft' that derives from the Old Norse term dvergmál literally meaning 'dwarf talk' (dvergr dwarf + mál talk), referring to the secret knowledge of magic among the Norse dwarves. See for instance the entry, dweomercræft. A related Middle English word that derives from the phrase 'dwarf talk', dwergma, means 'echo', crediting the dwarves who live in the stones with the sound.

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