wortcraft en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English wort Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English wortcraft From wort + -craft.
Meanings
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(historical, qualifier:but also used in some modern forms of paganism, uncountable) (Knowledge of) the medical usage of worts, of herbal remedies (and related magic); herblore.
They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.
1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16: