eldertongue

Old English · noun

cræft

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/kræft/
Syllables
kræft (1 syllable)
Modern English
professioncraftmagicalstrengthskillvirtueart

Meaning

  1. strength, power

  2. power, ability

    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

  3. skill

  4. art

  5. profession

  6. virtue

  7. device, especially magical

  8. deceit, fraud

Declension

Declension of cræft
SingularPlural
Nominative cræftcræftas
Accusative cræftcræftas
Genitive cræftescræfta
Dative cræftecræftum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz.

Descendants

craft

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