Old English · noun
boccræft
Normalised bōccræft
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈboːkˌkræft/
- Syllables
- ˈboːk · ˌkræft (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- literaturebooks
Meaning
-
literature
-
knowledge from books
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bōccræft | bōccræftas |
| Accusative | bōccræft | bōccræftas |
| Genitive | bōccræftes | bōccræfta |
| Dative | bōccræfte | bōccræftum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bōkakraftu. Cognate with Old Saxon bōkkraft and Old High German buohkraft, equivalent to bōc (“book”) + -cræft (“craft”).
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boccræft · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution · Report a problem with this entry