crawe

See also: craƿe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English crāwe.

Noun

crawe

Alternative form of crowe

Etymology 2

From Old English crāwan.

Verb

crawe

Alternative form of crowen

Old English

Alternative forms

crāuuae — early

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krāā. Cognate with West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, and German Krähe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑː.we/

Noun

crāwe f

crow

Declension

Declension of crawe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	crāwe	crāwan
accusative	crāwan	crāwan
genitive	crāwan	crāwena
dative	crāwan	crāwum

Descendants

Middle English: crowe, crawe, crow, crauw, craw
- English: crow
- Geordie English: craw
- Scots: craw
- Yola: croowe, crowe, crouw

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “crawe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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