cræft
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.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- 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
- bōccræft (“literature”)
- -cræft
- cræftan (“to craft”)
- cræftiġ (“strong, powerful”)
- cræftlēas (“unskillful”)
- cræftlīċ (“artificial”)
- drēamcræft (“the art of music”)
- drȳcræft (“sorcery”)
- dwolcræft (“foolish craft, magic”)
- ellencræft (“power”)
- eorþcræft (“geometry”)
- flitcræft (“logic”)
- ġealdorcræft (“art of magic”)
- handcræft (“handicraft”)
- hellcræft (“hellish art”)
- lǣċecræft (“medicine”)
- lārcræft (“knowledge”)
- lēoþcræft (“poetry, poem”)
- rimcræft (“mathematics”)
- sangcræft (“the art of singing”)
- sċincræft (“magic”)
- sċipcræft (“naval power”)
- sōncræft (“music”)
- stæfcræft (“grammar”)
- sundorcræft (“special ability”)
- swēġcræft (“the art of playing music”)
- swinsungcræft (“music”)
- tungolcræft (“astronomy”)
- wiċċecræft (“witchcraft”)
- wyndecræft (“the art of weaving”)