Glíw-cræft

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - glíw-cræft

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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glíw-cræft
m. The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy:--Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ hí mid glígcræfte (ludendi arte) heom andlyfene séceað, Gr. D. 62, 13. [Ne cuðe na mon swa muchel of song, of harpe . . . of lire . . . he wes god of alle gleocræften, Laym. 7012.] gliw-cræft
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