cricc
Old English
Alternative forms
- cryċċ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kritt͡ʃ/
Noun
criċċ f (nominative plural criċċe)
- crutch, staff
- Gird din and cricc ðín me fréfredon
- Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me.
- c. 1000 Ælfric's Metrical Lives of the Saints
- Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre
- He crawled with two crutches to Winchester.
- Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre
- Gird din and cricc ðín me fréfredon
- a bishop's crook
- c. 800 Épinal Glossary (ref. Sweet's Oldest English Texts, p72)
- Lituus, baculum augurale in prima parte curvum, id est crycc
- A curved staff, an augur's staff curved in the first part, is a crycc
- Lituus, baculum augurale in prima parte curvum, id est crycc
- Quoted in The Shrine: a Collection of Occasional Papers on Dry Subjects, Thomas Oswald Cockayne (1864-1870) p.70, l.14:
- Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan
- The bishop struck with his crook on the earth.
- Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan
- c. 800 Épinal Glossary (ref. Sweet's Oldest English Texts, p72)
Declension
Declension of cricc (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | criċċ | criċċa, criċċe |
| accusative | criċċe | criċċa, criċċe |
| genitive | criċċe | criċċa |
| dative | criċċe | criċċum |
Descendants
- Middle English: crucche, cruche, crutche; croche
- Scots: curche, crutch
- English: crutch; crotch (in part)
References
- cricc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- crycc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary