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CRÁWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen
Wright's OE grammar
§120; §264; §517;
To CROW as a cock; cantare instar galli
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  • Ne crǽwþ se hana to-dæg

    non cantabit hodie gallus,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 34.

  • Ne crǽwþ se cocc, ǽr ðú wiðsæcst me þríwa. Jn. Bos. 13, 38; the koc schal not crowe, til thou schalt denye me thries, Wyc. Ǽrðamðe cocc cráwe, þriwa ðú wiðsæcst mín

    antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis.

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 34.

  • Ǽrðamðe se cocc cráwe, þríwa ðú me wiðsæcst, 26, 75; bifore the cok crowe, thries thou shall denye me. Wyc. Ǽr hana cráwe

    priusquam gallus vocem dederit,

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 30.

  • Ǽr se hana cráwe

    bifore the cok synge

    • Wyc. 14, 72
      • ;
    • Lk. Bos. 32, 61.

  • Sóna se cocc creów

    statim gallus cantavit

    • Jn. Bos. 18, 27.

  • Hrædlíce ðá creów se cocc. Mt. Bos. 26, 74, anon the cok crew. Wyc. Se hana creów

    gallus cantavit

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 68
      • ;
    • Lk. Bos. 22, 60.

  • Ðá eftsóna creów se hana

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 72
      • ;
Etymology
Wyc. crowe
Plat. kreien, kreijen
Dut. kraaijen
Kil. kraeyen
Ger. krähen
M. H. Ger. kræjen
O. H. Ger. krájan, kráhan
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CRÁWAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6678.

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