A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Cowl, _sb._ 2246 B. AS. cufle
Crab, _sb._ Alys. 4943
Crack, _v. a._ == break in two. HD. 568
---- == discourse, 'reisons craken.' Alys. 6991. Cf. our Engl, 'to crack jokes'
Crack, _v. n._ == snap short. Alys. 4436
Cradle, _sb._ RG. 107
Craft, _sb._ == art. O. and N. 757; skill. Wright's L. P. p. 35
Craftfully, _adv._ Rel. Ant. ii p. 176
Craftilich, _adj._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Cram, _v. a._ Pol. S. 238
Cramp, _v. a._ [crempe] == interrupt, stop. O. and N. 1786
Crane, _sb._ HD. 1726
Crave, _v. a._ HD. 633. part, 'cravand.' Ps. cxviii. 121
Craver, _sb._ Ps. lxxi. 4
Craving, _sb._ == desire. Ps. cxviii. 134
Creator, _sb._ Fall and P. 51
Creature, _sb._ 2255 B
Creed, _sb._ Pol. S. 204
Creek, _sb._ [krike] == creek of the sea. HD. 708. AS. creeca
Creep, _v. n._ RG. 296; part, 'crepand.' Ps. lxviii. 35
Crice, _sb._ == rima podicis. HD. 2450
Crices, in the phrase 'Nai crices.' St Andrew, 31. This is evidently an interjection, and may possibly be the same as our vulgar 'crikey'
Crisp, _adj._ Fragm. Sci. 282
Crocodile, _sb._ [c.o.kedrill], Alys. 5720
Croke, _sb._ == bend double. Rel. Ant. ii p. 211
Croll, _sb._ == curly. Alys. 1999. Dut. krol
Crook, _v. a._ == distort. Marg. 53
Crook, _sb._ == wile. Wright's L. P. p. 105. Alys. 4819
Crooked, _adj._ Alys. 7099. Fragm. Sci. 326. part, 'icroked.' O. and N.
1674
Crop, _sb._ == belly. Pol. S. 208. AS. cropp
---- == produce of a plant. Wright's L. P. p. 100
Cross, _sb._ [croys], RG. 392
Cross, _v. a._ == mark with the cross [croice]. RG. 480
Crosslet, _sb._ == piece of armour [croisli?te]. K. Horn, 1353
Croude, _v. a._ == press down, keep back. Alys. 609. AS. crydan
Croud, _part._ == crowded, oppressed? HD. 2338
Croupe, _sb._ == crupper. Alys. 2447
Crouthe, _sb._ == fiddle. Wright's L. P. p. 53
Crow, _sb._ == the bird. RG. 490
Crow, _sb._ == c.o.c.kcrow. 1090 B.
Crow, _v. n._ Pol. S. 238. O. and N. 336
Crown, _sb._ RG. 376
Crown, == top of the head. HD. 568
Crown, _v. a._ RG. 383. part. 'ycrouned.' ibid.
Crowning, _sb._ RG. 367. HD. 2948
Crownment, _sb._ RG. 433
Croyserie, Creyserie, _sb._ == crusade. RG. 346, 502
Crude, _v. a._ == creak? K. Horn, 1333
Cruel, _adj._ RG. 417
Cruets, _sb._ 313 . Fr. cruche
