crabbe

crabbe

See also: Crabbe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English crabba, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Alternative forms

• crabb, crab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrab(ə)/

Noun

crabbe (plural crabbes or crabben)

1. crab (kind of crustacean)
2. A crayfish, lobster or similar crustacean.
3. (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)

Derived terms

• crabbed

Descendants

• English: crab
• Scots: crab, craib

References

• “crab(be (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

Etymology 2

Of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba.

Alternative forms

• crab, scrabbe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrab(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/

Noun

crabbe (plural crabbes or crabben)

1. A crabapple tree.
2. A crabapple fruit.

Descendants

• English: crab, scrab
• Scots: scrab

References

• “crab(be (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
• “scrabbe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

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Norman

Alternative forms

• crabe (Jersey)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse krabbi.

Noun

crabbe f (plural crabbes)

1. (Guernsey) crab