See also: cramé

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Etymology 1 edit

From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (merchant tent; tent cloth), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, pub, inn) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, tent).[1]

Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.

Noun edit

crame (plural crames)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
  2. (chiefly Scotland) A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2 edit

Variant of cram.

Verb edit

crame

  1. Archaic spelling of cram.
    • 1599, William Waterman, “The Fardle of Facions”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation[1], translation of original by Johannes Boemus, archived from the original on 18 February 2009:
      Certaine of the Tartarres, professing the name of Christe, yet farre from his righteousnes: when their parentes waxe aged, to haste their death, crame them with gobins of fatte.

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crame

  1. inflection of cramer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative