Cryppan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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.]

Parole correlate: ge-cryppan. cryppan