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bóc-cræft

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  • Þes mónan oferhlýp wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóc*-*cræfte,

    • Angl. viii. 308, 25
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  • 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, 21
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  • Mid mé þú bóccræft leornodest

    thou wert my scholar,

    • Ap. Th. 21, 17
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  • Hé wæs befæsted tó Rómebyrig þæt hé sceolde bóccræftas and gewrita wísdómas leornian ... forsægenum þám onginnum þára bóccræfta

    Romae liberalibus litterarum studiis traditus fuerat ... despectis litterarum studiis,

    • Gr. D. 95, 12-26
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    • 96, 19
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  • Ðá ðe nellað heora bóccræftas Godes folce nytte gedón

    those who will not make their learning profitable to God's people,

    • Wlfst. 213, 24
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O. Sax. bók-kraft.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bóc-cræft.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40658.

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