tungolcræft

Old English
FWOTD – 25 May 2016

Etymology

tungol (“planet, star, constellation”) + cræft (“craft, skill”). Related to tungolæ (“astronomy”), tungolcræftwīse (“astronomy”), and tungolgescead (“astrology”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuŋɡolˌkræft/

Noun

tungolcræft m (nominative plural tungolcræftas)

  1. astronomy, astrology
    • 10th century, Ælfric of Eynsham, prepared and translated by Benjamin Thorpe in The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church (1844), Part XL:
      Wē rǣdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt sēo sunne biþ hwīltīdum þurh ðæs mōnelōcan trendles underscyte āðȳstrod.
      We read in astronomy that the sun is sometimes darkened by the intervention of the lunar orb.

Declension
Declension of tungolcræft (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative tungolcræft tungolcræftas
accusative tungolcræft tungolcræftas
genitive tungolcræftes tungolcræfta
dative tungolcræfte tungolcræftum
  • tungol (“planet”)
  • cræft (“craft, skill”)
  • tungolæ (“astronomy”)
  • tungolcræftwīse (“astronomy”)
  • tungolgescead (“astrology”)
  • steorglēaw (“star-wise”)

Descendants
  • Middle English: tungolcraft

References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", tungolcræft.
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Tungol-cræft. Retrieved September 11, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/031145
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