crabbe
See also: Crabbe
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.
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Noun edit
crabbe (plural crabbes or crabben)
- crab (kind of crustacean)
- A crayfish, lobster or similar crustacean.
- (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)
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References edit
- “crab(be, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
Etymology 2 edit
Of Germanic origin, perhaps influenced by sense 1 or the adjective crabbed and altered from Scots and northern English scrab, of the same meaning, plausibly ultimately from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple.[1]
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crabbe (plural crabbes or crabben)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “crab(be, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
- “scrabbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Norman edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse krabbi.
Noun edit
crabbe f (plural crabbes)