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CRABBA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CRABBA, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
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A CRAB, crayfish; cancer
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  • Crabba

    cancer

    • Ælfc. Gl. 102
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    • Som. 77, 74
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    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 78
    • ;
    • 77, 68.
  • Hwæt féhst ðú on sæ? Crabban and lopystran

    quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11.
a sign of the zodiac, cancer; signum zodiaci, cancer
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  • . Feórþa ðæra tácna ys geháten cancer, ðæt is crabba

    the fourth of the signs is called cancer, that is, a crab

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
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    • Wrt. popl. science 7, 5
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    • Lchdm. iii. 244, 25.
Etymology
Dut. krab, f.
Kil. krabbe
Ger. krabbe, f; krebs, m:
M. H. Ger. krebez, m.
O. H. Ger. chrëpazo, m.
Dan. krabbe, m. f.
Swed. krabba, f.
Icel. krabbi, m.
Lat. karabus, m.
Grk. κάραβος , m. a crab
Sansk. sarabha, m. a grasshopper, crab
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  • CRABBA, n.