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glíw-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
glíw-cræft, es; m.
The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy
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  • Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ hí mid glígcræfte (

    ludendi arte

    ) heom andlyfene séceað,
      Gr. D. 62, 13.
Etymology
[Ne cuðe na mon swa muchel of song, of harpe . . . of lire . . . he wes god of alle gleocræften, Laym. 7012.]
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