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má-cræftig

  • adjective
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Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.
Very (?) skilled or powerful
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  • Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 513
    • ;
    • An. 257.
  • Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran,

    • 943
    • ;
    • An. 472.
Etymology
[Grimm in a note on the former passage suggests that má in this compound may be a substantive from the same root and with the same meaning as mere.]
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  • má-cræftig, adj.