Middle English Dictionary Entry
crashen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crashen v. Also craishen, crassechen. |
| Etymology | Blend of crāsen & crushen, or simply OF crasir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. crasen.
1.
(a) To smash (sth.), crush; (b) to fall apart, be shattered; (c) to make a crushing sound, grate; of teeth: gnash.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1109 : The creest and the coronall..Clenly with his clubb he crasschede doune at onez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2114 : Theis geauntez..With clubbez of clene stele clenkkede in helmes, Craschede doun crestez, and craschede braynez.
b
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9224 : He ȝaf Achilles suche a dasche That al his helm be-gan to crasche.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3670 : Thare was conteke full kene..Grett cogges of kampe crasseches in sondyre.
c
- c1390 Chart.Abbey HG (Vrn)360 : A, lord, hou þat raggede nayl craschte [vr. krakeled] among þe harde bones.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1224 : Leed, of philisophres, is callid gold leprous, Tyn of Iubiter, crasshyng [vr. craisshyng] & dul of soun.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)100 : Craschyn [vr. crayschyn], as tethe: Fremo, frondeo.