drý-cræft
Magical art, magic, sorcery ⬩ ars magĭca
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Magical art, magic, sorcery; ars magĭca vel malĕfĭca Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft ða men forbredan they said that she should overthrow the men by her sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. Gif hí hwylcne drýcræft hæfdon si quid malĕfĭcæ artis
Linked entry: dreó-cræft
deófol-cræft
Devil-craft, the black art, witchcraft ⬩ dæmoniăca ars
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Devil-craft, the black art, witchcraft; dæmoniăca ars Þurh dígolnesse deófolcræftes per dæmoniacæ artis arcāna, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 9. Hí nalæs mid deófolcræfte ac mid godcunde mægene gewélgade cóman illi non dæmoniaca sed divīna virtūte prædĭti veniēbant
dwol-cræft
Foolish craft, magic ⬩ prāva vel magĭca ars
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Foolish craft, magic; prāva vel magĭca ars Him gebléndon drýas þurh dwolcræft drync unheórne the wizards mixed for them through magic a fatal drink, Andr. Kmbl. 67; An. 34
ellen-cræft
Strength, power ⬩ virtus, pŏtentia
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Strength, power; virtus, pŏtentia Ahebbaþ háligne heofena Drihten, usserne God ellencræfta exalt the holy Lord of heaven, our God of powers, Ps. Th. 98, 5
hell-cræft
Hellish art,
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Hellish art, Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104
hyge-cræft
Mental power ⬩ intellect ⬩ wisdom
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Mental power, intellect, wisdom Ealle þeóde écne Drihten mid hygecræfte herigan let all nations praise the Lord with the powers of their minds, Ps. Th. 116, 1: 118, 61, 73. Gif ðú mé ðínne hygecræft hylest and ðíne heortan geþohtas if thou dost conceal
leornung-cræft
Learning ⬩ erudition
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Learning, erudition Ða ðe leornungcræft hæfdon scholars, Elen. Kmbl. 760; El. 380
leoþu-cræft
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Bodily skill, skill in the use of the limbs Se gedǽleþ missenlíce leoþucræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 6; Crä. 29. Segn eallgylden hondwundra mǽst gelocen leoþocræftum [skilfully; or leóþocræftum, (cf. leóþcræft and next word) with charms,
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wynde-cræft
An art of weaving
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An art of weaving Uuyndecreft ars plumaria, Txts. 43, 217. Uyrmas mec ni áuéfun uyndicraeftum (uyrdi-, MS.), 151, 9
wóþ-cræft
The art of poetry ⬩ song
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The art of poetry or song Wóðcræfte, beorhtan reorde. Exon. Th. 206, 15 ;Ph. 127. Ne wéne ǽnigðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige, write wóðcræfie, 234, 30 ; Ph. 548. Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2
hand-cræft
Skill or power of the hand, handicraft ⬩ strength, power of hand
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Skill or power of the hand, handicraft Ðes lama wædla búton handcræfte Godes beboda gefylde this paralytic pauper without the use of his hands fulfilled God's commands, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 17. Mid his handcræfte with his manual skill [in tent-making],
són-cræft
Music
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Music Sóncræft musicam Anglia xiii. 38, 306
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Skill in weaving or spinning 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
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bealo-cræft
A wicked, pernicious, or magic art ⬩ perniciosa vel magica ars
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A wicked, pernicious, or magic art; perniciosa vel magica ars, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 150; Met. 26, 75
Linked entry: balo-cræft
bóc-cræft
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Þes mónan oferhlýp wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóc*-*cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 25. On þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, þá synd on Lýden figure gecíged, 331, 2. Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll. Th. ii. 322
gealdor-cræftiga
One crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ in arte incantandi perītus ⬩ incantātor
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One crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter; in arte incantandi perītus, incantātor Ða fǽmnan, ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan ne lǽt ðú ða libban the women, who are wont to receive enchanters, suffer thou them not to live, L. Alf. 30; Th.
scín-cræftiga
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A magician, sorcerer Gif wiccan oððe wigleras, scíncræftigan oððe hórcwénan on earde wurðan ágitene, fýse hí man georne út of ðysan earde, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20
drí-cræfteg
skilful in magic
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skilful in magic, Ex. 7, 11
galder-cræftiga
one crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter
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one crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 9; MS. H
stán-cræftiga
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý ná tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13