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tow-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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tow-cræft, es; m.
Skill in weaving or spinning
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  • Heó (

    the Virgin Mary)

    weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron... Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webbgeweorc,
      Homl. Ass. 126, 339.
  • Cf. 132, 545 sqq. According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4.
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v. tow-hús, -líc.
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