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dwimmer
Dwimmer (noun) means (literary) Magic or sorcery, especially of a mysterious kind.
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(literary) Magic or sorcery, especially of a mysterious kind.
""It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises.""
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (1954)
"“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.”"
— W. R. Cooper, Oriana Oakley and the Primrose Path (2010)
"The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft"
— John Henson, Broken Wings (2011)
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Etymology
Dwimmer came into English from Middle English dwimmer, which developed from Old English ġedwimor or dwimor, meaning ‘illusion, delusion, sleight, magic’.
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What is the meaning of dwimmer?
"dwimmer" (noun) means (literary) Magic or sorcery, especially of a mysterious kind.
What is another word for dwimmer?
Other words for "dwimmer" include druidcraft, charmwork, wizardcraft, dweomercraft, bewitchery, conjuring.
