Middle English Dictionary Entry
crask adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | crask adj. Also cresk, caske. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI karskr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Vigorous, strong, stout, lusty; ?also, fat, plump; (b) a surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1841 : Þe laddes were kaske and teyte.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)159/33 : Ȝif any is þe crasker for wel fare forto done synne..þou may liȝthlich gete þe pyne for hym.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)176/11 : Pyne nouȝth þe body to mychel, ne make it nouȝth to craske, bot euere bitwene two holde it.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)10/16 : Thys man, beyng in good heele of body & hys tweyn hors craske & lykand, þat wel haddyn drawyn in þy mylle be-for-tyme, as now he toke on of þis hors & put hym in þe mylle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)92 : Corage or craske: Crassus, coragiosus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)100 : Craske, or fryke of fatte [vrr. Crask, or frike; crask, or lusty]: Crassus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Fryke, or craske, or yn grete helthe: Crassus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)304 : Lykynge or lusty or craske: Delicativus, crassus.
b
- (1197) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.8245 : Godith Crasc.
- (1223) Pat.R.Hen.III479 : Henry Cresk.