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searu-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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searu-cræft, es; m.
a treacherous art, wile, stratagem, an artifice, a machination, plot
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  • Searecræft

    molimen,

      Hpt. Gl. 502, 56.

  • Searocræft

    machinam,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 28.

  • Þurh diófles searucræft,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 26.

  • Þurh searocræft,

      Andr. Kmbl. 217; An. 109.

  • Searecræftum argumentis, Hpt. Gl. 471, 27:

    machinamentis,

      478, 54.

  • Bepǽht mid ðæs deófles searocræftum,

      Homl. Th. i. 192, 17: Exon. Th. 136, 13; Gú. 540: 142, 19; Gú. 646.

  • Ealdfeónda níþ searocræftum swíð,

      110, 25; Gú. 113.

  • Searecræftas

    machinas (fraudulentas ),

      Hpt. Gl. 474, 15.

  • Ðe hé ne beswíce þurh his searucræftas (searo-, searæ-),

      Wulfst. 97, 8.

  • Uton forfleón mán and morþor and searacræftas,

      115, 9.

  • Swíðe forsyngod þurh swicdómas and þurh searacræftas,

      164, 3.
art, skill, cunning, a cunning art (in a good sense, v. next word)
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  • Wuldres ealdor gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc,

      Exon. Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9.
  • Ða róde mid ðám æðelestum eorcnanstánum besetton searocræftum (cunningly, skilfully, cf. searu,
), Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026. Ne hí searocræftum godweb giredon, Met. 8, 24.
an engine, machine (cf. searo,
)
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  • Stæfliðera ballista, searecræftes

    machinae,

      Hpt. Gl. 487, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “searu-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/27270.

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