elf-craft

Noun

elf-craft (uncountable)

1. The magic and supernatural powers of elves.
   • For elf-craft and the works of night
     Evaporate in that orb of light,
     And leave their captives free:
     I waked, I found myself on earth,
     Restored (as if by second birth)
     To life and liberty.1833 September 1, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 262
   • If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or...1891 January 3, I. Gollancz, “Widishins”, in The Academy, London, page 14, column 3