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cræft-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cræft-leás, adj.

Artlessunskilfulinnocentsimpleinexpert inersindoctusinnocens

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Artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert; iners, indoctus, innocens Cræftleás iners Wrt. Voc. 73, 50. Dǽl-leás vel cræftleás expers, indoctus Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 123; Wrt. Voc. 22, 36

són-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
són-cræft, es; m.

Music

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Music Sóncræft musicam Anglia xiii. 38, 306

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

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

Linked entry: tow-hús

stæf-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-cræft, es; m.

the art of lettersgrammarskill in letterslearningstudy

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the art of letters, grammar Ic Ælfríc wolde ðás lytlan bóc áwendan tó Engliscum gereorde of ðam stæfcræfte, ðe is geháten grammatica ... forðan ðe stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgit unlícþ, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 13-17. Gramma is on Englisc stæf

Linked entry: stæf-cyst

syn-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
syn-cræft, es; m.

A sinful art

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A sinful art Ne syncræftas (scyn-, other MS. ) wé ne onhyrgen, Wulfst. 253,10

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the nightgallicinium, galli cantus

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Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night Hancréd conticinium vel gallicinium, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75. 122; Wrt.Voc. 53, 4. Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium

Linked entry: créd

crat-hyrdel

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Plecta bige crathyrdle (in marg. hyrdle ł bige plecta ), Hpt. Gl. 497, 70. (?)

cráw-leác

(n.)
Grammar
cráw-leác, es; n. [cráwe a crow, leác a leek]

Crow-garlic allium vineale, Lin

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Crow-garlic; allium vineale, Lin Nim hermodactylos = ἑρμο-δάκτυλος[MS. datulus] ða wyrt ... ðæt is on úre geþeóda ðæt greáte [MS. greáta] cráwleác[MS. crauleac] take the wort attium vineale ... that is in our language the great crow-garlic Lchdm. i.

crá

(n.)
Grammar
crá, the croaking sound made by frogs or crows
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Coax i. crá, vox ranarum vel corvorum, Wülck. Gl. 208, 10

ag-lǽc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lǽc-cræft, es; n.

An evil art

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An evil art. Andr. Kmbl. 2724; An. 1364

ge-dwol-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwol-cræft, es; m.

A deceptive artdeception

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A deceptive art, deception Mid heora gedwolcræftum with their deceptions, Blickl. Homl. 61, 25. Ða ðe gedwolcræftas begangaþ those who practise divination, 63, 14

crimman

(v.)
Grammar
crimman, p. cramm, cram, pl. crummon; pp. crummen

To crumbcrumblemingle friareinserere

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To crumb, crumble, mingle; friare, inserere Homes sceafoðan crim on ðæt dolh crumble shavings of horn on the wound L. M. 1. 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 12. Cram inseruit Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 33

wicce-cræeft

(n.)
Grammar
wicce-cræeft, es; m.
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Hǽðenscipe bið ðæt man . . . wiccecræft (wiccan cræft, v. l. ) lufige, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21 : L. N. P. L. 48; Th. ii. 298, 1. Wiccecræft álecgan, O. E. Howl. i. 302, 36. Seó wicce ðe áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 210.

tungol-cræfta

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-cræfta, an; m.
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An astrologer, astronomer Tungelcræftum Chaldeorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 33: 82, 6. v. next word

wiþer-crist

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-crist, es; m.

An antichrist

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An antichrist Wiðer ł leáso cristo pseudochristi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 22

wudu-croft

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-croft, es ; m.

A croft with trees on it

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A croft with trees on it (?) On wudecrofte; of ðam crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 376, 7

Linked entry: croft

crano-hawc

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Dele, and see Whitman, p. 45. Cf. O. H. Ger. 'accipiter, quem chranohári dicunt,' Grff. iv. 614

hwǽte-croft

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bere-croft

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crucet-hús

(n.)
Grammar
crucet-hús, es; n.

A torment house afflictionis domus

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A torment house; afflictionis domus Sume hí diden in crucet-hús, ðæt is in án ceste ðæt was scort, and nareu, and undép, and dide scærpe stánes ðérinne, and þrengde ðe man ðǽrinne, ðæt him brǽcon alle ðe limes some they put into a crucet-house, that