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CRÆFT

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §295; §310; §335;
power, might, strength as of body or externals; vis, robur, potentia
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  • On ðam gefeohte Mǽða cræft gefeól

    in that battle the power of the Medes fell

    • Ors. l, 12
      • ;
    • Bos. 35, 43.

  • He cwæþ ðæt ðín abal and cræft mára wurde

    he said that thy strength and power would become greater

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 32, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 500: 155
      • ;
    • Th. 193, 13
      • ;
    • Exod. 245
      • ;
    • 212
      • ;
    • Th. 262, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 738
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 2571
      • ;
    • B. 1283.

  • His ágnes cræftes

    of his own strength

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 5.

  • Þurh his cræftes miht

    by the might of his power

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1170
      • ;
    • An. 585
      • ;
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1112
      • ;
    • El. 558
      • ;
    • Exon. 24b
      • ;
    • Th. 70, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 1146.

  • He cræft máran hæfde

    he had greater power

    • Cd. 14
      • ;
    • Th. 18, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 269: 22
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 416: 23
      • ;
    • Th. 29, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 453
      • ;
    • Exon. 33b
      • ;
    • Th. 107, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 58
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 1402
      • ;
    • B. 699.

  • Nýdaþ cræfte tíd

    the tide forces it with power

    • Salm. Kmbl. 790
      • ;
    • Sal. 394
      • ;
    • Cd. 23
      • ;
    • Th. 29, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 449
      • ;
    • Exon. 71b
      • ;
    • Th. 266, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 392
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 1969
      • ;
    • B. 982.

  • Mid eallum hiora cræftum

    with all their forces

    • Ors. 1, 13
      • ;
    • 805. 37, 4
      • ;
    • Exon. 109a
      • ;
    • Th. 417, 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 36, 9.

  • He his dryhtne hýrde þurh dýrne cræftas

    he obeyed his lord through secret powers

    • Salm. Kmbl. 904
      • ;
    • Sal. 451
      • ;
    • Cd. 184
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 226
      • ;
    • Exon. 88b
      • ;
    • Th. 332, 33
      • ;
    • Vy. 94: 92b
      • ;
    • Th. 346, 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 5.
an art, skill, CRAFT, trade, work; ars, peritia, artificium, occupatio, opus
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  • Se cræft ðæs lareówdómes biþ cræft ealra cræfta

    the art of teaching is the art of all arts

    • Past. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 6b, 8.

  • Cræft

    ars

    .
    • Wrt. Voc. 73, 35.

  • Wolde ic ánes to ðé cræftes neósan

    I would inquire of one art from thee

    • Andr. Kmbl. 968
      • ;
    • An. 484.

  • He byþ forlǽten fram ðam cræfte

    ipse dimittetur ab arte

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 35.

  • Ic gearcie híg mid cræfte mínum [MS. minon]

    præparo eas arte mea

    • 27, 31
      • ;
    • Bt. 39, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 216, 24.

  • Seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðe ðæs fiscnóþes

    the people knew not the art of fishing

      Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43.

  • Betweoh ðás cræftas

    inter istas artes

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17.

  • On his mycclum cræfte

    by his great skill

    • Hexam. 1
      • ;
    • Norm. 4, 3.

  • Nán mon ne mæg nǽnne cræft cýðan bútan tólum

    no man can shew any skill without tools

    • Bt. 17
      • ;
    • Fox 58, 29
      • ;
    • Boutr. Scrd. 17, 8.

  • Wundorlíce cræfte ðú hit hæfst gesceapen

    with wonderful skill thou hast made it

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 11
      • ;
    • Ors. l, 12
      • ;
    • Bos. 35, 35.

  • Cræft biþ betere ðonne ǽhta

    a craft [ = trade] is better than wealth

    • Prov. Kmbl. 20
      • ;
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 28, 5, 7, 9: 30, 11.

  • Ǽlces cræftes andweorc

    the materials of any trade

    • Bt. 17
      • ;
    • Fox 58, 30.

  • Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte

    what gettest thou by thy trade?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3: 28, 3, 31.

  • Ðeáh ðé ðíne sǽlþa forlǽton, ne forlǽt ðú ðínne cræft

    though thy wealth desert thee, desert not thou thy trade

    • Prov. Kmbl. 57
      • ;
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 1, 11: 22, 35, 37
      • ;
    • Bt. 17
      • ;
    • Fox 58, 31: 17
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 2

  • Mistlícra cræfta big*-*genceras

    workers of various trades

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 1.

  • To cræftum [MS. cræftan] teón

    to educate in trades

    • L. Edg. C. 51
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 254, 26.

  • Gif ðú bearn hæbbe, lǽr ða cræftas, ðæt hí mǽgen be ðám libban

    if thou have children, teach them trades, that they may live by them

    • Prov. Kmbl. 20: 57.

  • Seó cwén bebeád cræftum getýde girwan Godes tempel

    the queen commanded men skilled in crafts [= trades] to make a temple of God

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2034
      • ;
    • El. 1018.

  • Wæs ǽfre unbegunnen Scyppend, se ðe gemacode swylcne cræft

    the Creator, who made such a work, was ever without beginning

    • Hexam. 1
      • ;
    • Norm. 4, 5.
craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue; astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus
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  • Þurh deófles cræft

    through the devil's craft

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 492.

  • Ðeáh Eue on deófles cræft bedroren wurde

    though Eve had been deceived by the devil's craft

    • 38
      • ;
    • Th. 51, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 823
      • ;
    • Exon. 17b
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 685
      • ;
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2590
      • ;
    • An. 1296
      • ;
    • Frag. Kmbl. 56
      • ;
    • Leas. 30.

  • Feóndes cræfte

    by a fiend's craft

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2394
      • ;
    • An. 1198
      • ;
    • Exon. 71a
      • ;
    • Th. 264, 5
      • ;
    • Jul. 359.

  • Mínum cræftum

    by my devices

    • 72b
      • ;
    • Th. 271, 11
      • ;
    • Jul. 480.

  • Beald biþ se ðe onbýrigeþ bóca cræftes

    he is bold who tasieth of book-knowledge

    • Salm. Kmbl. 484
      • ;
    • Sal. 242.

  • On bóclícum cræfte

    in book-knowledge

    • Boutr. Scrd. 17, 7.

  • Ða cnihtas cræft leornedon

    the youths learned science

    • Cd. 176
      • ;
    • Th. 221, 5
      • ;
    • Dan. 83.

  • Ic wilnode ðæt míne cræftas ne wurden forgitene

    I was desirous that my talents should not be forgotten

    • Bt. 17
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 9.

  • Ða yfelan nǽfre habbaþ nǽnne cræft

    the wicked never have any ability

    • 36, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 35.

  • Seó gesceádwísnes is synderlíc cræft ðære sáwle

    reason is a peculiar faculty of the soul

    • 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 132, 10: 32, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 3.

  • Ða cræftas de we ǽr ymbe sprǽcon ne sint to wiðmetanne wið ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne

    the faculties which we have before spoken about are not to be compared with any one of the faculties of the soul

    • 32, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 1, 2, 4.

  • Omérus on his leóþum swíðe hérede ðære sunnan cræftas

    Homer in his poems greatly praised the sun's excellences

    • 41, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 244, 7.

  • Sint ða cræftas betran ðonne ða unþeáwas

    the virtues are better than the vices

    • 36. 5
      • ;
    • Fox 180, 15.

  • Simmachus is wísdðmes and cræfta full

    Symmachus is full of wisdom and virtues

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 17.

  • Se eorþlíca ánweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ ða cræftas

    earthly power never sows the virtues

    • 27, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 94, 25: 30, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 5.

  • Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ to cræftum, ac for his cræftum he cymþ to ríce

    no man by his authority comes to virtues, but by his virtues he comes to authority

    • 16, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 50, 21, 23, 24.
a CRAFT, any kind of ship; navis qualiscunque
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  • Gif massere geþeah ðæt he férde þríge ofer wíd-sǽ be his ágenum cræfte, se wæs ðonne syððan þegenrihtes weorþe

    if a merchant thrived, so that he fared thrice over the wide sea in his own craft, then was he thenceforth worthy of thane-right

    • L. R. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 192, 10.

  • Ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽ leódan syllícran cræft

    I never saw a more wonderful craft sailing on the sea

    • Andr. Recd. 1004
      • ;
    • An. 500.
Etymology
Wyc. Piers P. Chauc. craft
Laym. cræft, craft
Orm. crafft
Plat. kraft, kracht
O. Sax. kraft, m. and f.
Frs. O. Frs. kreft
Dut. kracht, f.
Kil. kracht
Ger. M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. kraft, f.
Dan. kraft, m. f.
Swed. kraft, m.
Icel. kraptr, kraftr, m.
Derived forms
aclǽc-cræft, ǽ-, átor-, beadu-, bealo-, bóc-, deófol-, dreám-, drý-, dwol-, ellen-, firen-, flíter-, galdor-, gleó-, gúþ-, hell-, hyge-, lǽce-, lár-, leornung-, leóþ-, leoðo-, leóðu-, mód-, morþor-, nearo-, ofer-, rím-, sang-, sceóp-, scín-, scip-, scóp-, searo-, snytro-, stæf-, sundor-, swinsung-, tungel-, tungol-, un-, wæl-, wic-, wicce-, wíg-, word-, woruld-, wóþ-, wundor-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/6643.

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