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spae-craft

spae-craft noun: the magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.

Noun

spae-craft (uncountable)

  1. (Germanic) The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
    • 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.1993, Our Troth: History and Lore, →ISBN, page 570
    • The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.1994, Kveldúlf Hagan Gundarsson, Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 216

Forms of spae-craft

alternative formspaecraft

Origin of spae-craft

From spae + -craft.

Questions about spae-craft

What does spae-craft mean?
Spae-craft means the magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
What part of speech is spae-craft?
Spae-craft is a noun.

Words near spae-craft in the dictionary

  1. spadroons
  2. spads
  3. Spady
  4. Spadys
  5. spae
  6. spae-craft
  7. spaecraft
  8. spaed
  9. spaedom
  10. spaeing
  11. spaeman

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