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Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… … Word origins
Cringe — (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cringed} (kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cringing}.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one s self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cringed — Cringe Cringe (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cringed} (kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cringing}.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one s self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cringing — Cringe Cringe (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cringed} (kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cringing}.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one s self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cringe — cringer, n. cringingly, adv. cringingness, n. /krinj/, v., cringed, cringing, n. v.i. 1. to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower. 2. to fawn. n. 3. servile or fawning deference. [1175 1225; ME crengen, crenchen (transit.); OE … Universalium
crinkle — /kring keuhl/, v., crinkled, crinkling, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to wrinkle; crimple; ripple. 2. to make slight, sharp sounds; rustle. 3. to turn or wind in many little bends and twists. n. 4. a wrinkle or ripple. 5. a crinkling sound. 6. a turn or twist … Universalium
cruncen — past part of crincan … Old to modern English dictionary
crank — {{11}}crank (n.) O.E. cranc preserved in crancstæf a weaver s instrument, crencestre female weaver, spinster, from P.Gmc. base *krank , and related to crincan to bend, yield. English retains the literal sense of the ancient root, while German and … Etymology dictionary
crinkle — late 14c., from frequentative of O.E. crincan, variant of cringan to bend, yield (see CRINGE (Cf. cringe)). Related: Crinkled; crinkling. As a noun from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
