wortcraft

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noun

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

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

nounwortcraft (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountablebut 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

  1. Englishwort
  2. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  5. Old Englishcræft
  6. Englishwortcraft

From wort + -craft.

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APA

wortcraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wortcraft

MLA

“wortcraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wortcraft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wortcraft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wortcraft.

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