crowen
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English crāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *krāan (“to crow, shout”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]crowen
- To crow (make the noise of a rooster)
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)[1], folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
- Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.
- "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."
- To make other noises typical of birds; to produce birdsong.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of crowen (strong class 7)
infinitive | (to) crowen, crowe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | crowe | crew | |
2nd-person singular | crowest | crewe, crew | |
3rd-person singular | croweth | crew | |
subjunctive singular | crowe | crewe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | crowen, crowe | crewen, crewe | |
imperative plural | croweth, crowe | — | |
participles | crowynge, crowende | crowen, crowe, ycrowe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “crouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-6.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English crāwan, plural of crāwe; equivalent to crowe + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
[edit]crowen
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