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
bleó-cræft
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For Cot. 17 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 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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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
leoþu-cræft
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For bracket substitute (by nimble fingers), B. 2769, and add Mægencyning báncofan onband, breóstlocan onwand, leoðucræft onleác, El. 1251
morþ-cræft
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deadly art Hwæt is seó micele miht þínre morð-cræfte, ꝥ þú þyllic gefremast þurh feóndlicne drýcræft, Hml. S. 35, 173. (?)
scín-cræft
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Add Hú hé (the devil) sceolde þisne mid his scín-cræfte of þám scræfe ádrífan hunc usitata arte pellere ex eo specu, Gr. D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26
searu-cræft
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Add Iugelera serecræftas magorum molimina .i. ingenia, An. Ox. 4090. add Hé hét geopenian þone ǽrenan searecræft (cf. hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan and þá hálgan ðǽron dón, 421), Hml. S. 30, 456. Searacræftas machinas, An. Ox. 1656
stæf-cræft
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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )