cromen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crumen, crume, crowme, creme, croumen, kremen, kryme, crummyn

Etymology

From Old English ġecrymman. Some forms are remodelled on crome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrumən/, /ˈkrimən/

Verb

cromen

1. To break up; to make into crumbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cromen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) cromen, crome
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	crome	cromed
2nd-person singular	cromest	cromedest
3rd-person singular	crometh	cromed
subjunctive singular	crome
imperative singular		—
plural1	cromen, crome	cromeden, cromede
imperative plural	crometh, crome	—
participles	cromynge, cromende	cromed, ycromed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: crumb

References

• “crimen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.

Spanish

Verb

cromen

1. inflection of cromar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

Etymology

crwm (“curved”) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔmɛn/

Noun

cromen f (plural cromenni or cromennau or cromennydd)

1. dome, cupola
2. vault

   Synonym: fowt

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cromen	gromen	nghromen	chromen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cromen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies