wytchecraft

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Middle English

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Noun

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wytchecraft

  1. Alternative form of wicchecraft
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: [] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 40, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [], London: David Nutt, [], 1889, →OCLC, page 79, lines 2–4:
      Thenne the mooſt party of the knyghtes of the round table ſayd that Balen did not this auenture al only by myghte but by wytchecraft
      Then most party of the knights of the round table said that Balen did not [do] this adventure only by might, but by witchcraft