crawe

See also: craƿe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English crāwe.

Noun

crawe

1. Alternative form of crowe

Etymology 2

From Old English crāwan.

Verb

crawe

1. Alternative form of crowen

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krāhaną ‘to crow’. See below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑː.we/

Noun

crāwe f

1. crow
2. raven

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
  • English: crow
    • Northumbrian: craa
  • Scots: craw

References

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