boccræft

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōkakraftu. Cognate with Old Saxon bōkkraft and Old High German buohkraft. Equivalent to bōc (“book”) +‎ -cræft (“craft”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːkˌkræft/

Noun

bōccræft m

  1. literature
  2. knowledge from books

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bōccræft bōccræftas
accusative bōccræft bōccræftas
genitive bōccræftes bōccræfta
dative bōccræfte bōccræftum
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