different between sorcery vs dwimmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to sort, line up”). Compare also French sorcier.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sôr's?r?, IPA^(key): /?s??.s?.?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.s?.?i/

Noun

sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)

1. Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

Synonyms

• black magic
• magic
• witchcraft
• wizardry
• warlockry
• wizardcraft
• hexcraft
• spellcraft
• spellcasting

Related terms

• sorcerer
• sorceress
• sort

Translations

See also

• Sorcery in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sorcerye, sorcerie, sorcere, socerry, soserye, socerye

Etymology

From Middle French sorcerie, from Old French sorcerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?rs??ri?(?)/, /s?rs??re?(?)/
• (with /rs/?/s/) IPA^(key): /s?s??ri?(?)/, /s?s??re?(?)/

Noun

sorcery (plural sorceries)

1. sorcery, wizardry, magic
2. A supernatural event

Related terms

• sorcerere
• sorceresse

Descendants

• English: sorcery
• Scots: sorcery

References

• “sorcer?(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

English

Alternative forms

• dweomer

Etymology

From Middle English dwimmer, from Old English ?edwimor, dwimor (“illusion, delusion, sleight, magic”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?dw?m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?dw?m?/

Noun

dwimmer (usually uncountable, plural dwimmers)

1. (fantasy) Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art.

Derived terms

• dwimmercraft, dwimmelaik, dwimmer-crafty

See also

• dwimmery