Crecas
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Crēcas m pl
- the Greeks
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Þā hē ārīsende wæs, þā ġefēlde hē his līchaman healfne dǣl mid þǣre ādle ġeslæġen bēon þe Crēcas nemnaþ paralysis and wē cweðaþ lyftādl.
- As he was getting up, he felt half his body being struck with the affliction that the Greeks call paralysis and we call "air sickness."
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Greece
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.
- At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Þȳ ilcan ġēare Claudius oferwann Gotan and hīe ādrāf ūt of Crēcum.
- The same year, Claudius defeated the Goths and drove them out of Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Binnan fīf and twēntiġ ġēara Philippus ġeēode ealle þā cynerīċu þe on Crēcum wǣron.
- Within twenty-five years, Phillip conquered all the kingdoms in Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Æfter þām Fulvius sē consul fōr mid fierde on Crēcas, tō þām beorge þe man Olympus hǣtt.
- After that, consul Fulvius went with an army to Greece, to the mountain that is called Olympus.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Declension edit
Declension of Crecas (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | — | Crēcas |
accusative | — | Crēcas |
genitive | — | Crēca |
dative | — | Crēcum |