spae-craft

noun

The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.

OriginOld English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz →
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Meanings

nounspae-craft (uncountable)

alternative spaecraft

  1. GermanicuncountablelifestyleThe magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.

    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
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    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

    I have the privilege of having a very wise and kind idis, Ealgitha, who teaches me spaecraft and other things.

    1997, Elmindreda Pukwdugie, Winifred Hodge, Lina (Heathen Journal), volume 3, number 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spaedom

Origin

  1. Scotsspae
  2. Englishspae
  3. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  6. Old Englishcræft
  7. Englishspae-craft

From spae + -craft.

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APA

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Chicago

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