cræft

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See also: -cræft

Old English

FWOTD – 3 October 2012

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kræft/

Noun

cræft m

strength, power
power, ability
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  Ġȳt ġyf ðē þurh ōðerne creft hwilcne findan þā ðe þē findan, forġyf mē þone creft.
  If by any other power they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that power.
skill
art
profession
virtue
device, especially magical
deceit, fraud

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cræft	cræftas
accusative	cræft	cræftas
genitive	cræftes	cræfta
dative	cræfte	cræftum

Synonyms

(art, skill, cunning): list

Derived terms

Derived terms

-cræft
bōccræft (“literature”)
cræftan (“to craft”)
cræftiġ (“strong, powerful”)
cræftlēas (“unskillful”)
cræftlīċ (“artificial”)
drēamcræft (“the art of music”)
drȳcræft (“sorcery”)
dwolcræft (“foolish craft, magic”)
eorþcræft (“geometry”)
flitcræft (“logic”)
handcræft (“handicraft”)
lǣċecræft (“medicine”)
lārcræft (“knowledge”)
lēoþcræft (“poetry, poem”)
rimcræft (“mathematics”)
sangcræft (“the art of singing”)
sċincræft (“magic”)
sċipcræft (“naval power”)
stæfcræft (“grammar”)
sundorcræft (“special ability”)
swēġcræft (“the art of playing music”)
swinsungcræft (“music”)
sōncræft (“music”)
tungolcræft (“astronomy”)
wiċċecræft (“witchcraft”)
wyndecræft (“the art of weaving”)

Related terms

cræfta

Descendants

Middle English: craft, creft
- English: craft
- Scots: craft

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