† 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.
| c 1205 Lay. 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. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 1578 Deuinores of demorlaykes þat dremes cowþe rede. a 1400–50 Alexander 414 All þis demerlayke he did bot be þe deuyllis craftis. |