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drý-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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drý-cræft, es; m. [cræft craft, art]
Magical art, magic, sorcery; ars magĭca vel malĕfĭca
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  • Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft ða men forbredan

    they said that she should overthrow the men by her sorcery,

    • Bt. 38,
      • 1;
    • Fox 194,
      • 30.

  • Gif hí hwylcne drýcræft hæfdon

    si quid malĕfĭcæ artis habuissent,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 25;
    • S. 486, 40 : Ex. 7,
      • 11.

  • Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht

    some man was deceived by magic,

    • Homl. Th. i. 448,
      • 13.

  • Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena

    nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria,

    • Deut. 18,
      • 10.

  • Drífan drýcræftas

    to exercise magical arts,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26,
      • 107;
    • Met. 26,
      • 54.

  • Mid drýcræftum

    by sorceries,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 7;
    • Bos. 30,
      • 22.
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v.  dreó-cræft.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drý-cræft.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8032.

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