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rím-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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rím-cræft, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§617;
The science of numbers, arithmetic
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  • Ða seofon cræftas on ðam beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, ðæt ys ǽrest

    arythmetica,

    ðæt ys rýmcræft,
      Shrn. 152, 13.

  • Rímcræft

    arithmetica,

      Hpt. Gl. 479, 56 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 58 : 3, 7.

  • Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae sý tó sóðe ... oððe hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðæt hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte

    that he should have a place in the science of computation,

    Anglia viii.
      308, 22.

  • Ða ðe ǽr wǽran on rímcræfte rihte getogene

    those who were correctly instructed in the art of computing,

      Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 1.

  • Hæfðon hié on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon

    they (the cannibal Mermedonians) had numbered the days of their captives who were to be food to satisfy their hunger,

      Andr. Kmbl. 268; An. 134.
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v. gerím-cræft.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rím-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/25883.

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