Old English · noun
woþcræft
Normalised wōþcræft
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwoːθˌkræft/
- Syllables
- ˈwoːθ · ˌkræft (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- poetry
Meaning
-
poetry
Nū iċ fitte ġēn ymb fisca cynn wille wōðcræfte wordum cȳþan þurh mōdġemynd bī þām miclan hwale.
Now, I wish again to tell a song about fishkind by words with speech-craft through mind-thoughts about the great whale.
10th century, The Whale:
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wōþcræft | wōþcræftas |
| Accusative | wōþcræft | wōþcræftas |
| Genitive | wōþcræftes | wōþcræfta |
| Dative | wōþcræfte | wōþcræftum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From wōþ (“song, poetry”) + -cræft (“-craft”).
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