dwimmercraft

English

Alternative forms

• dwimmer-craft, dwimmer craft
• dweomercraft

Etymology

From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer +‎ -craft.

Noun

dwimmercraft (uncountable)

1. (fantasy) The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic.
   • 2005, Samit Basu, Manticore's Secret:

     He had walked the wilds of Imokoi before, he had pierced rakshas illusions, seenthrough the mist of demonic dwimmer-craft centuries ago.

   • 2011, John Henson, Broken Wings:

     The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn / A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft / […]

Related terms

• dweomer