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† demerlayk Obs.
Forms: 3 dweomerlak, -lac, 4 demorlayk, 4–5 demerlayk(e.
[f. ME. dweomer:—OE. dwimer in ᵹedwimor, -er, illusion, phantasm, ᵹedwimere juggler, sorcerer + ME. layk, laik play, a. ON. leikr (= OE. lác). Cf. dweomercræft.]
Magic, practice of occult art, jugglery.
c1205Lay. 270 Þa sende Asscanius..After heom ȝend þat lond, Þe cuþen dweomerlakes song. Ibid. 11326 Tuhten to dæðe mid drenche oðer mid dweomerlace oðer mid steles bite. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1578 Deuinores of demorlaykes þat dremes cowþe rede. a1400–50Alexander 414 All þis demerlayke he did bot be þe deuyllis craftis. |
