Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēse n. |
| Etymology | From crēsen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Increase, augmentation; (b) profit, gain; offspring, progeny [quot.RRose; ?also FP].
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)187/5595 : I then enioy the crese of yowre honure.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4875 : Her desir is for delyt, The which fortened crece and eke The pley of love for-ofte seke.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.1322 : For summe..can holde too or thre [women] on honde, Now heer, now ther, as botis home to londe, Nat considryng ther cres nor disauail.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)101 : Crese [vr. cres], or increse: Excrescencia.
- (1460) Acc.Cowfold in Sus.AC 2318 : It., recd. of the cres ij s.