crycc
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”). Cognate with Old Saxon krukka, Old Dutch *krukka, Old High German krucka, Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌾𐌰 (krukkja).
Pronunciation
Noun
cryċċ f
- crutch
- late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
- Hē ārās þā on morgen and mid twām cryċċum crēap him tō Wintanċeastre.
- He got up in the morning and crawled on two crutches to Winchester.
- late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
- curved staff, crook
Declension
Declension of cryċċ (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “crycc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cricc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.