eafoðes
cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963.
cræftig, 1963.
Beowulf
--2) _art, craft, skill_: dat.
sg.
as instr.
dyrnum
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg.
eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg.
eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.