sundor-cræft
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A special power or art, one possessed or exercised by an individual or a classBt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7. Ða rícan on ðam woruldwelan nabbaþ nǽnne sundorcræft, Seó wiht sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon. Th. 420, 14; Rä. 40, 3. Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that
tæl-cræft
Arithmetic
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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699
swic-cræft
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Deception, treachery, fraud Se þurh swiccræft ( by treachery; but the Latin has in seditione ) manslyht geworhte, Mk. Skt. 15, 7. Deóflíce dǽda on swiccræftan, L. Eth. v. 25; Th. i. 310, 18: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 18
tungol-cræft
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Star-craft, astronomy, astrology Astralogia, ðæt ys tungolcræft, Shrn. 152, 14. Tungelcræft astronomia, Hpt. Gl. 479, 47. Hí hí on tungolcræfte ( astronomiae ) lǽrdan, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 26. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs
un-cræft
An evil art ⬩ ill practice
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An evil art, ill practice Gif hé þurh gedrinc oððe þurh óðerne uncræft man ácwelle si ex ebrietate vel alia prava arte hominem occiderit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 22; Th. ii. 230, 28. Gyf hit geweorðe ðæt man mid tyhtlan and mid uncræftum sacerd belecge, L
wicg-cræft
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Steed-craft, skill in connection with horses Sum bið meares gleáw, wiccræfta wís, Exon. Th. 297, 18; Crä. 70
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weorold-cræft
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd. Th. 239
wundor-cræft
wondrous skill ⬩ great cunning ⬩ miraculous power
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wondrous skill, great cunning Hé lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55. Godspell wrítan wundorcræfte
bleó-cræft
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For Cot. 17 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 11
cræft-lic
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Substitute: artificial On twám wísum ys se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter . . Vulgaris vel artificales dies est, ꝥ byþ ceorlisc dæg oððe cræftlic, fram þǽre sunnan anginne ꝥ heó tó setle gá and eft cume mancynne tó blisse, Angl. viii. 317, 11
dreám-cræft
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Musica, ꝥ ys dreámcræft, Shrn. 152, 15. In Bt. 16, 3 the original Latin is: Musica musicos facit. Add:
dwol-cræft
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eorþ-cræft
Geometry
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Geometry Eorðcræft geometrica, Hpt. Gl. 479. 46
feþer-cræft
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Feþercræfte plumario (arte plumaria, Ald. 15, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. For 'Som. Ben. Lye' substitute
getæl-cræft
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Arithmetic Getelcræ[ft] arithmetics, An. Ox. 3117
getyng-cræft
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Rhetoric [v. ge-tynge; I. 3; but the word is put as a gloss to mechanica] Getincgcræft mechanica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 50
hand-cræft
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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add
grammatic-cræft
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Grammar On gramaticcræft (gramatisccræfte, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 17
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grammatisc-cræft
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leóþ-cræft
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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add