crucche
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Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
crucche
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”).
The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crucche (plural crucches)
- crutch
- c. 1215 Layamon's Brut, l.9722
- he wænde mid his crucche; us a-dun þrucche.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1300, Jacob and James:
- he caste awei his crucche
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1215 Layamon's Brut, l.9722
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “crucche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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