A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Crouken], v. to bend down, S3, MD; see [Croken].

[ Croune], sb. crown, the tonsure, S, G; see [Corone].

Crouni; see [Coronen].

[ Crouning], sb. crowning, S2; the tonsure, P. See above.

[ Crowch], sb. cross, S; see [Crouche].

[ Crowd], v. to coo as a dove, S3; croud, JD.

[ Crowde], sb. a musical instrument (stringed), Prompt., Cath., Voc.; crouthe, MD; croud, H; croude (= chorus), W, H; crowd, ND; crouth, MD.—Wel. crwth, a fiddle: Ir. cruit: OIr. crot; cp. Low Lat. chrotta (Ducange). Cf. [Rote].

[ Crowde], sb. wheelbarrow, Prompt.

[ Crowden], v. to push, HD, S2, C3; crouden, MD, HD, C3; crude, to press forward, S; crowdyn, Prompt.; crud, pt. s., MD, HD.—AS. *crúdan, to press, drive, pt. créad (pl. crudon), pp. croden; cp. Du. kruyden, to push (Hexham). See Sievers, 384, 385.

[ Crowdyng], sb. pressure, S2, C3.