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sorcery, magic
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  • Syxte mægen is ꝥ drýcræft þám men ne dereþ þe hine (

    agate

    ) mid him hæfð,
      Lch. ii. 298, 10.

  • Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð,

      Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14.

  • Ágróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word,

      Shrn. 141, 16. '
    Miht þú ádwǽscan þǽra crístenra drýcræft?' ... 'Beó ic scyldig gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwǽscan mid mínum drýcræfte,' Hml. S. 14, 54-58.

  • Gif wíf drýcræft begǽð

    si mulier artem magicam exerceat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 130, 15.

  • Drýcræft wyrcan,

      154, 8.
a magic art or
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  • Drýcræftas

    necromantiae,

      An. Ox. 4, 29.

  • Hé sǽde ꝥ hé (

    Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt )

    drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum ꝥ hé gewunode monige wundor tó wyrcenne, and ꝥ hé mihte swá wel swefn reccan ... and hé sǽde ꝥ hé of þǽm drýcræfte geleornode godcundne wísdóm.
      Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 3-8.

  • Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað,

      Hml. S. 17, 113.

  • Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum

    in magicis operibus primus fuit,

      Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.

  • Soroaster cúðe manna ǽrest drýcræftas (

    magicae artis repertor

    ),
      Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 11.
magical apparatus
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  • Se drý nam þone stæf and gewende hám, and genam ealne his drýcræft and bróhte tó ðám apostole, and began hí tó forbærnenne,

      Hml. Th. ii. 418, 3.
Etymology
[Orm. dríȝcrafft.]
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v. dreó-cræft in Dict.
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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/43006.

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