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dwimmer

noun
/ˈdwɪmə/UK/ˈdwɪmɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English dwimmer, from Old English ġedwimor, dwimor (“illusion, delusion, sleight, magic”).

  1. inherited from ġedwimor
  2. inherited from dwimmer

Definitions

  1. Magic, magic arts

    Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art.

    • "It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises."
    • “The Lych and his dark dwimmer spell have you resisted—even defeated, defeated for the present. But you have not destroyed. They shall return in time, I fear.”
    • The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft

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