Scip-cræft

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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scip-cræft

m. Naval power, strength in ships:--Swegen sende hider and bæd him fylstes ongeán Magnus, ðæt man sceolde sendan .L. scypa him tó fultume. Ac hit þúhte unrǽd eallum folce, and hit wearð gelet þurh dæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7. scip-cræft