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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-cræftiga

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1 heáh-cræftiga

an; m. I. a master-builder, an architect :-- Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17. Heáhcræftegan (-igan, ) architectos, Sch. 676, 7. II. a highly skilled artist, a physician (?) :-- Heáhlǽcas oððe (heáh)cræfgan archiatros (or has architectos been read?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 60. heah-cræftiga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᚳᚱᚫᚠᛏᛁᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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