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Ever used the word “snowcrie”? I doubt it. In fact, “snowcrie” doesn’t even have a definition.
As far as we know, according to the Oxford English Dictionary it was a typo of sorts. It occurred in 1402 when the following line was written in a poem: “Not in Goddis gospel, but in Sathanas pistile, wher of sorowe and of snowcrie noon is to seken.” This really doesn’t make sense and scholars think it is likely a scribal error and was meant to be “sorcerie.”
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