wycche crauffte

Middle English

Alternative form of wicchecraft
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 23, verso, lines 26–28:
  Than the moſte p[ar]ty of þe knyghtꝭ of the rounde table ſeyde that Balyne dud nat þis aduenture ony^{[sic – meaning only]} by myght but by wycche crauffte //
  Then the majority of the knights of the Round Table said that Balin didn't do that adventure only with might, but with witchcraft as well.