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Old English · adjective

cræftgleaw

Normalised cræftglēaw

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈkræftˌɡlæ͜ɑːw/
Syllables
ˈkræft · ˌɡlæ͜ɑːw (2 syllables)
Modern English
sage-mindedscience-learnedsciencesage

Meaning

  1. sage-minded, science-learned

    ⁊ þā wearð ætȳwed · uppe on roderum steorra on staþole... comēta bē naman · cræftglēawe men wīse sōþboran... And then appeared, up in the heavens, a star in the firmament... a comet by name, according to sage-minded men,

    wise bearers of truth...

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

By surface analysis, cræft (“skill”) + glēaw (“wise, learned”)

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