gedwimor

ġe- +‎ dwimor (“magic, illusion”) (unrecorded except in compounds); see dwimor.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdwi.mor/

ġedwimor n (nominative plural ġedwimor)

1. illusion
2. spectre, phantom
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

     Hine gedrehte singal slæpleast, swa þæt he þurhwacole niht buton slæpe adreah; and gif hé hwon hnáppode, ðærrihte hine drehton nihtlice ġedwimor, swa þæt him ðæs slæpes ofþuhte.

     Constant sleeplessness afflicted him, so that he passed the whole night without sleep; and if he dozed a little, nightly phantoms immediately tormented him, so that he repented of his sleep.

• Middle English: dwimor, dweomer
  • English: dwimmer