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leoþu-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leoþu-cræft, es; m.
Bodily skill, skill in the use of the limbs
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  • 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, magically; cf. the Danish banner, the Raven, supposed to be woven by the daughters of Ragnar, and to which extraordinary qualities were attributed. See also Burnt Njal, c. 156.]
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v.  leóþu-cræft.
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