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charmwork

noun

Etymology

From charm + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as charmwork — “charm + work”

Definitions

  1. Any magical practice involving creating or casting magical charms.

  2. The formula or formulation of one or more charms or enchantments

    The formula or formulation of one or more charms or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a (magical) charm.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA