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leóþ-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leóþ-cræft, es; m.
The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem
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  • Ðes leóþcræft

    hoc poema:

    ðás leóþcræftas

    hæc poemata

    [all the other cases are also given],
    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 8, 16-21
      • .

  • Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort

    it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Som. 21, 51
      • .

  • Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte

    metres pertain to Latin poetry,

    • 50
      • ;
    • Som. 51, 66
      • .

  • Sixfealdum leóþcræfte

    exametro heroico,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 47
      • .

  • Hé ðone leóþcræft geleornode

    canendi artem didicit,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 596, 40
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leóþ-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/21493.

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