Cryppan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cryppan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-cryppan. cryppan

Definitions

1 cryppan

p. te To crook a finger, close the hand, bend:--Crypte plecteret, An. Ox. 52, 2; E. S. xi. 64 (where see note). Crip þínne þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 4. Ðonne þé æpples lyste, þonne cryp þú þínne swíbran þúman tó middewearde þínre handa and befóh hine mid þínum fingre and rǽr up þíne fǽste, 124, 15. [Cf. Ger. krüpfen, kröpfen to crook, bend.]

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚱᚣᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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