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wortcraft

wortcraft noun: (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.

Noun

wortcraft (uncountable)

  1. (historical, but also used in some modern forms of paganism) (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.
    • They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16

Origin of wortcraft

From wort + -craft.

Questions about wortcraft

What does wortcraft mean?
Wortcraft means (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.
What part of speech is wortcraft?
Wortcraft is a noun.

Words near wortcraft in the dictionary

  1. wort cunning
  2. wort-cunning
  3. Wortabet
  4. wortamanin
  5. wortamannin
  6. wortcraft
  7. wortcunning
  8. worth
  9. worth a Jew's eye
  10. Worth County
  11. Worth disease

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