Middle English Dictionary Entry
craften v.
Entry Info
| Forms | craften v. Also creften. |
| Etymology | OE (ge)cræftan & gecræftigan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To build (sth.), construct; concoct (a dye); arrange (a discourse) rhetorically; (b) to attain (sth.); reach (an age), win (glory); iron. receive (shame).
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.428 : Haue a sisterne, And rayn of al thy place in hit gouerne. Let craft hit vp plesaunt as may suffice Vnto thi self.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5235 : Yet not-for-þan is here centens So craftyd up, & wyth langwage so gay Uttryd.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)323 : Pruse mene..bene laden agayn..Wyth wollen clothe, all manere of coloures By dyers crafted ful dyverse that bene ours.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)1/15-16 : And hondred winter ȝef a leueþe, Þat his lyf mid þe lengeste. Onneþe creft eny þat stat, Ac some crefteþ þat halue.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)34/943 : A lytel schame hys betere her, Þane ouermoche eft-sone To crefte By-uore god a domesday.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)150/596 : Ac manne ne mytte nauȝt þe glorye Crefte, wyþoute victorye.