spae-craft

English

Etymology

spae +‎ -craft

Noun

spae-craft (uncountable)

  1. (paganism) The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Our Troth: History and Lore, →ISBN, page 570:
      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.
    • 1994, Kveldúlf Hagan Gundarsson, Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 216:
      The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.
    • 1997, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      I have the privilege of having a very wise and kind idis, Ealgitha, who teaches me spaecraft and other things.
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