crúdan

crúdan
\crúdan2 sv/t2 3rd pres crýdeþ past créad/crudon ptp gecroden to press, hasten, drive

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  • crowd — I. verb Etymology: Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan; akin to Middle High German kroten to crowd, Old English crod multitude, Middle Irish gruth curds Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to press on ; hurry b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • curd — I. noun Etymology: Middle English crud; probably akin to Old English crūdan to press more at crowd Date: 15th century 1. the thick casein rich part of coagulated milk 2. something suggesting the curd of milk • curdy adjective II. verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Krøderen — Le lac Krøderen Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Crowde — A wheelbarrow. [< OldEngl. crudan = to push] …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • croden — past part of crúdan …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • créad — past 3rd sing of crúdan …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • crýdeþ — pres 3rd sing of crúdan …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • crowd — crowd1 W2S2 [kraud] n 1.) a large group of people who have gathered together to do something, for example to watch something or protest about something crowd of ▪ a crowd of angry protesters ▪ a crowd of 30,000 spectators ▪ There were crowds of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crowd — [OE] The notion underlying crowd is of ‘pushing’ or ‘pressing’ (a semantic element shared by throng and of course by the now obsolete use of press for ‘crowd’, and echoed in such current expressions as ‘there’s quite a crush in here’). The Old… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • crowd — O.E. crudan to press, crush. Cognate with M.Du. cruden to press, push, M.H.G. kroten to press, oppress, Norw. kryda to crowd. Related: Crowded; crowding. The noun is first attested 1560s; the earlier word was PRESS (Cf. press) …   Etymology dictionary

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