dwimmer

plural dwimmers · alternative dweomer

1. neologismobsoleteuncountableusuallyMagic, 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."

   1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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   “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.”

   2010, W. R. Cooper, Oriana Oakley and the Primrose Path

   The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft

   2011, John Henson, Broken Wings

   Synonyms: witchery, wizardcraft, hex, incantation, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration