crouchen
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Middle English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From crouche + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
crouchen
- To make the sign of the cross.
- To mark with a cross.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of crouchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: crouch (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “crǒuchen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
A variant of croken influenced by couchen.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
crouchen (rare, Late Middle English)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of crouchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “crǒuchen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3[edit]
From crouche + -en (plural suffix).
Noun[edit]
crouchen
Categories:
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Middle English weak verbs
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- Late Middle English
- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural)
- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English noun plural forms
- Kentish Middle English
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