spae-craft

English

Etymology

From spae +‎ -craft.

Noun

spae-craft (uncountable)

1. (Germanic paganism) The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
   • 1993, Our Troth: History and Lore, →ISBN, page 570:

     Twelfth Night is particularly a time fo fore-tellings; if there is a skilled rune-reader or someone with spae-craft in the group, this is when they should cast or speak for the year ahead.

   • 1994, Kveldúlf Hagan Gundarsson, Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 216:

     The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.

   • 1997, Elmindreda Pukwdugie, Winifred Hodge, Lina (Heathen Journal), volume 3, number 1:

     I have the privilege of having a very wise and kind idis, Ealgitha, who teaches me spaecraft and other things.