Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēen v. Also crien. |
| Etymology | OF crëer, crïer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To create (sth.); (b) to elevate (sb. to a rank or position).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3390 : Bot ilka kyng suld him knaw cried [Dub: create] of þe soile.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4519 : He ȝoure nase & ȝoure nebb, & all of noȝt, cried.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)724 : Of þe bloode-sheding Of Crist þat vs creed and on þe crosse deyed, His conscience was clensid.
b
- (1425) RParl.4.274a : Yt liked to Kynge Rychard ye Seconde..by his Lettres Patentes to cree Thomas, yat tyme Erell of Notyngham, and Marescall of Ingelond, into Duc of Norff'.