crouchen
Middle English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom crouche + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editVerb
editcrouchen
- To make the sign of the cross.
- To mark with a cross.
Conjugation
editConjugation of crouchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: crouch (obsolete)
References
edit- “crǒuchen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editA variant of croken influenced by couchen.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editcrouchen (rare, Late Middle English)
Conjugation
editConjugation of crouchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “crǒuchen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
editFrom crouche + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
editcrouchen
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