Dweomer,etc.

Sorry for some of the archaic characters getting screwed up.

dweomer, n. [< OE *dweomer, *dwimer, *dwimor in ¼edweomer, ¼edwimer, 
¼edwimor, illusion, magic, sorcery, phantasm (cf. J.R.R. Tolkien's use 
of gedwimora for "visions" in his partial Old English translation of an 
early version of the Quenta)] An enchantment. Cf. dweomercræft, 
dweomercræfter, dweomered, dwimmer-crafty, dwimmerlaik. (Also cf. J.R.R. 
Tolkien's Dwimorberg ("haunted mountain") and Dwimordene ("haunted 
valley", Lothlórien).)
[Not in OED.]

DWEOMER -- From dweomercræft, the art (cræft) of magic (dweomer).
Gary Gygax, Dungeon Master's Guide (1979)

Gord's first impulse was to decline, for he prized the ring highly and 
suspected that it had some hidden dweomer yet unrevealed to him.
Gary Gygax, "At Moonset Blackcat Comes: A Tale of Gord of Greyhawk" (1985)

"Zuch an eye you haff!" Hengel said. "You hold der best uff my daggers!" 
His deep brown eyes sad above the great brush of beard, Hengel stared 
solemnly at Gord and added, "It has der dwveemer zo dat it ignores armor 
und—"
	"What's dwveemer?" interrupted Gord.
	"Magick! Shpells und zuch!" the dwarf said a bit crossly. "Don't be 
shtoopid!"
	Hengel's accent was getting worse, Gord thought to himself. He meant 
dweomer, as in dweomercræfter, a spell~binder.
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

"But the same magic-users were then unable to locate you anywhere, and 
they claimed that powerful dweomers protected you two."
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

The dun-clad magic-user scratched and tugged at his long, scraggly beard 
before saying hesitantly, "The stuff writ upon the lid of yon coffin is 
potent, but it is done in runes so ancient I cannot be sure. . . . Yet I 
find no fell warding there, no curse, no sigil bringing some dweomer of 
ill."
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985; ellipsis in original)

"You fools were duped by mere phantasms, false visions!" roared the 
commander. "The entire dweomer of our assembled spell-casters was spent 
on the destruction of illusions!"
Gary Gygax, Artifact of Evil (1986)

Iuz watched the eleven slowly back from the chamber, one of their number 
using the dweomer of her staff to draw the comatose mage with them.
Gary Gygax, Artifact of Evil (1986)

dweomercræft, dweomercraft, n. [< OE *dweomer (q.v.) + cræft, craft] The 
art magical; wizardry, sorcery. Cf. dweomer, dweomercræfter, dweomered, 
dwimmer-crafty, dwimmerlaik.

Þus dude Cadwalon; and Peluz hit wuste a-nan.
þurh his dweomer-cræften; þe wunede in þan lufte.
LaŠamon, Brut

"Our only real worry now would be magical assistance in hounding us down 
-- I know little of dweomercraft, and less of how to combat it."
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

dweomercræft, dweomercraft, v.i. To work the art magical.
[Not in OED.]

While Curley Greenleaf did not actually instruct him in the secrets of 
druidical dweomercrafting, he did explain much of the theory and 
practice of the arts and disciplines involved not only with his, but 
also clerical and magical spells as well.
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

"You use illusions, do you?" Melf murmured under his breath as the 
results of his dweomercrafting were completed. "Then let's see how well 
you do against the 'Tentacles!'"
Gary Gygax, Artifact of Evil (1986)

dweomercræfter, dweomercrafter, n. A magick user.
[Not in OED.]

In an eye-blink, the screaming and writhing stopped as the form of the 
wounded dweomercræfter was turned into ****ous, gray stone.
Gary Gygax, "At Moonset Blackcat Comes: A Tale of Gord of Greyhawk" (1985)

The others reined in, and Curley Greenleaf came near to Gord. "I am no 
dweomercrafter, but I will examine that parchment, if I may, Gord."
Gary Gygax, Artifact of Evil (1986)

dweomered, ppl.adj. Affected by a dweomer (q.v.).
[Not in OED.]

In its folds was the little necklace of silver links with the milky 
amulet depending from them—Evaleigh's dearest possession, the dweomered 
pendant given her by her elven great-great-grandmother.
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

The stuff had an odd, pearlescent sheen to Gord's dweomered eyes, but 
this disappointed as the thick salve was spread on the torn face of the 
comatose druid.
Gary Gygax, Saga of Old City (1985)

"Let me hold my sword," Gord answered quietly, reaching for the 
dweomered weapon.
Gary Gygax, Artifact of Evil (1986)

dwimmer-crafty, adj. Skilled in dweomercræft (q.v.); skilled in 
wizardry, sorcery, the art magical.
[Not in OED.]

"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 in The Lord of the Rings (1936-49)

dwimmerlaik, n. [< OE *dweomer (q.v.) + -lác, play, action] Magick, 
sorcery, necromancy; a work of sorcery, spectre, phantom, monster. Cf. 
dweomer, dweomercræft, dweomercræfter, dweomered, dwimmer-crafty,
scîn-lác.
[In OED s.v. demerlayk.]

Þa sende Asscanius; þe was lauerd & dux.
after heom Šend þat lond; þe cuþen dweomerlakes song.
LaŠamon, Brut

Šif ai mon mihte Traher king; tuhten to dæðe.
mid drenche oðer mid dweomerlace; oðer mid steles bite.
LaŠamon, Brut

Þenne þe bolde Baltazar bred ner wode,
And bede þe ceté to seche segges þurŠout
Þat wer wyse of wychecrafte, and warlaŠes oþer
Þat con dele wyth demerlayk and deuine lettres.
Cleanness

Þis cry watŠ upcaste, and þer comen mony
Clerkes out of Caldye þat kennest war knauen,
As þe sage sathrapas þat sorsory couþe,
Wychez and walkyreis wonnen to þat sale,
Deuinores of demorlaykes þat dremes cowþe rede,
Sorsers of exorsismus and fele such clerkes;
And alle þat loked on þat letter as lewed þay were
As þay had loked in þe leþer of my lyft bote.
Cleanness

Þe Iuse for his gemetry þat Iogloure takis,
And ythen a brid of þe see him seluyn him fangis,
Clatirs to hyre coynte þingis kenely enchantis,
And with þe wose of þede hire wengis anoyntis;
And all þis demerlayke he did bot be þe deuyllis craftis,
How he myŠt compas & kast þe kynge to begyle.
The Wars of Alexander

"Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!"
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King in The Lord of the Rings (1936-49)

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