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cryppan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
cryppan, p. te
To crook a finger, close the hand, bend
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  • Crypte

    plecteret,

      An. Ox. 52, 2; E. S. xi. 64 (where see note).
    Crip þínne þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 4.
  • Ðonne þé æpples lyste, þonne cryp þú þínne swíbran þúman tó middewearde þínre handa and befóh hine mid þínum fingre and rǽr up þíne fǽste,

      124, 15.
Etymology
[Cf. Ger. krüpfen, kröpfen to crook, bend.]
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v. ge-cryppan.
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v.  ge-cryppan.
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