Middle English Dictionary Entry
crāne n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | crāne n.(1) Also crain, craune, cron(e; (in cpds.) crene-, corn(e-. Pl. crānes, crannes, crōnes, craunes. |
| Etymology | WS cran, A *cron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The European crane (Grus grus); herd of cranes, a flock of cranes; (b) a carved likeness of a crane; (c) ~ beked, long-nosed; ~ ei, a crane's egg; (d) a surname; (e) an element in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.111].
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)411 : Grus, crane i. Grue.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20163 : Summe heo gunnen wondrien, swa doð þe wilde cron [Otho: crane].
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)344 : Huy nomen..Gies and hennes, crannes and swannes.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1726 : Biforn hem com þe beste mete..Kranes, swannes, ueneysun.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)223 : Gruwes: cranes.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3121 : Of fesaunce, pertris, & of crane, þer was plente & no wane.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)56/14 : Hi wesseþ þet hi hedden nykken of crane and wombe of cou.
- (?1375) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9946 : In 2 cranys, 22 d.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.92 : Cranys and Herons schulle be euarmud wyth Lardons of swyne and rostyd and etyn wyth gyngynyr.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.81 : Þese Pigmei..rideþ..to fiȝte wiþ cranes.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)58 : Wyth scheldez of wylde swyn, swanez, and cronez.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)103/17 : And þai feight with craanes comounly.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)439 : Craunes and Herns shall be armed with larde.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)344 : The crane, the geaunt, with his trompes soun.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)196 : Seyn come þer sewes sere..þan cranes & curlues, craftyly rosted.
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A herd of cranes.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)78 : Crane rosted. Lete a Crane blode in the mouthe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)29b : A Crayn [Monson: Crane]: hic grus, gruicula, gruinus.
- a1500 When nettuls (BodPoet e.1)269 : And wodkokes wer wodk[n]yfys cranis to kyll.
b
- (1424) EEWills57/12 : Roger my son þe keuered pece of syluer..and is pounces whith a crane.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324b/a : Crane eiren beþ menelich grete.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)335 : Then prydyth the streȝt nose lyke a rule..Not apysshe short..Nor crane bekyd to shewe manysshenes.
d
- (1177) in Pipe R.Soc.26184 : Osbertus Crane.
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10287 : Galfridus Crane.
- (1226) Close R.Tower 2155 : Willielmus le Crane.
- (1255) Court R.Ramsey11 : Rogerus Crane.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1460 : Barth. Crane.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2138 : Radulpho Crane.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3252 : Thomas le Cran.
e
- (1163) in Ekwall Dict.EPN122 : Craneburna.
- (1183) in Ekwall Dict.EPN116 : Cornlea.
- (1200) in Ekwall Dict.EPN123 : Crenewiz.
- (1226) in Wallenberg PNKent318 : Cranesbroc.
- (1254) in Wallenberg PNKent89 : Cransted'.
- (1275) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)198 : Cronemere.
- (1311) Let.Bk.Lond.B (Gldh LetBk B)30 : Eustace de Crenewelle.
- (1311-2) Let.Bk.Lond.B (Gldh LetBk B)35 : Eustace de Cranewelle.
- (1322) in Ekwall Dict.EPN117 : Le Cornebroke.
- (1341) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.)33 : Crauneforde.
- (1382) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.57 : Cranrawe.
- (1428) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.)33 : Craneford.
2.
(a) A machine for lifting; (b) ~ line, a rope for a crane; ~ man, a crane operator; ~ pece, ?the part of an anchor to which a crane was attached; (c) in names.
Associated quotations
a
- 1349 *Acc.Exch.K.R.Bd.462 No.16 lf.1 [OD col.] : In vna pecia ligni pro quodam Ingeneo vocato le Crane xvj d. Item in duobus Carpentariis ad faciendum Ingeneum predictum xvj d.
- (1365) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.48 : [All 'le kay' in Maldon and] le crane.
- (1376) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.48 : [A] crane [situate upon the river Thames].
- (1389) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.48 : [A] wharfe [and a] crane.
- (1424) *Mun.B.Bridgewaterno.1427 : Item, for gres for ye crane, iiij d. ob.
- (1427-8) *Mun.B.Bridgewaterno.1428 : Payed for dykyng atte the Crane.
- (1432) Rec.Norwich 2390 : And the seyd John Marwe xal frely take up be the watir with help of the crane and brygen in be the lond al maner of mater to the seyd kaye longyng.
- (1440-1) *Mun.B.Bridgewaterno.1656 : Item, respondet de lez Beremen pro le Crane.
- (1463) Dower Pekham in Archaeol.74 (Gldh Hustings Roll 196(10))156 : The said Agnes is endowable..of all that grete mese..with all the Grounde, Wharff and Crane adioynyng.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1417 : Item, to Thomas Hay for a rope to the crane, xl d.
b
- (1299) Let.Bk.Lond.B (Gldh LetBk B)94 : Richard le Frutter, creneman.
- 1336 *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.4 [OD col.] : In duabus petris cordis de canabo..pro vno craneline inde faciendo.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/2 dorso [OD col.] : Computat in..iiij Cranelynes, iiij toppelynes, ij shetes.
- (1373) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.369 : [One mast with] 2 girdinez, 3 cranelynz, 2 upties.
- 1407 *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.7 [OD col.] : In j pecia maeremii empte..pro j Cranepece vnius ancre.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso [OD col.] : ij parue corde, vna vocatur hountes et altera vocatur Cranelyne.
- (1429) Steward Bk.Sou.in Sou.RS 3516 : Pro iiiior virgis panni stragulati emptis pro liberata Johannis Craneman.
- (1440-1) *Mun.B.Bridgewaterno.1656 : Item, de lez Cranemen recepit termino Pasche xxxiiij s.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2999 : Why goon the ȝemen to bote, Ankirs to hale?..Why hale they vp stonys by the crane lyne?
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57212 : Item, the last day of Aprylle, my mastyr paid to John Felaw, for a lede and a crane lyne, vj d.
c
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)81 : Dyuers persons..assembled on a day vpon the Wharffe, at the Crane [an inn] In Vyntre.
- (1449) RParl.5.168b : Thomas Belyngeham [etc.]..upon a certayn grounde, called Cornewalesse grounde, besyde the Crane in the Warde of the Vyntrye in London..felonsly lay in awayte of the same seyd Thomas.
- (1463) Dower Pekham in Archaeol.74 (Gldh Hustings Roll 196(10))157 : Also the thridde partie of all the grounde called the Wharff and Crane.
- (a1468) Stonor Suppl.8 : For porterferres of ffreute, stockfyhs, and to Cadys of heryng from Billyngisgate to the Crane [a wharf] v d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)231 : A herd of cranes.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A herde of Cranes.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: Belongs to sense 1.(a).
Note: Modify gloss for 1.(a): "also as term of association: ~ of cranes, a flock of cranes;"
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A Crane stalketh.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: Belongs to sense 1.(a).--notes per MLL