Middle English Dictionary Entry
crēvil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crēvil n. |
| Etymology | MDu. crēvele an itch, itching. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Itching; fever of the ~, excess of the sex urge.
Associated quotations
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.31 : She had sikenesse..But thou calledest it the fevere of the crevil, Nyne tyme a nyhte she had the wicked evyl.