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

• IPA^(key): /krytt͡ʃ/, [kryt͡ʃ]

Noun

cryċċ f

1. 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.

2. curved staff, crook

Declension

Declension of cryċċ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cryċċ	cryċċa, cryċċe
accusative	cryċċe	cryċċa, cryċċe
genitive	cryċċe	cryċċa
dative	cryċċe	cryċċum

Descendants

• Middle English: crucche, cruche, crutche; croche
  • Scots: curche, crutch
  • English: crutch; crotch (in part)

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.