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scín-cræft

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scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
the art by which deceptive appearances are produced, magic
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  • Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde . . . scíncræft

    hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi . . . ars magica

    ,
      L. Ecg. P. i, 8; Th. ii. 174, 34.

  • Hié ne angeátan mid hwelcum scinncræfte and mid hwelcum lotwrence hit deófla dydon. Ors. 3,

      3; Swt. 102, 17.

  • Hé behét ánum drýmen sceattes, gif hé mid his scýncræfte (scín-,

      MS. O. )
    him ðæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 365.

  • Beó ic scyldig, gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwæscan mid mínum drýcræfte,

      14, 57.

  • Hý wǽron tó sáre beswicene þurh ðæs sweartan deófles scíncræft,

      Wulfst. 198, 18.
a magic art or trick
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  • Scíncræfte

    praestigia

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 59.

  • Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scín*-*cræftum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29.

  • Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon,

      482, 4.

  • Hé wolde ðære fǽmnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hǽðendóme,

      Shrn. 135, I. Ðá cwǽdon hí, ðæt hí scinn*-*cræftas ne cúþan, 90, 10.

  • Se sceocca eów lǽrþ ðyllíce scíncræftas, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 106. ¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta

    hierofhantorum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scín-cræft.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26815.

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