Middle English Dictionary Entry
crimpen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crimpen v. |
| Etymology | OE gecrympan to curl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To be contracted; ~ togedres, be drawn together; (b) ppl. crimping, ringed, annulated.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)283a/b : Hors þat beþ y-fedde in hous han an yuel þat hatte yliaca passio, and tokne þer of is þat þe hynder membres crympeþ togidres and beþ constreigned [L adunantur per constrictionem].
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)261a/a : Bestes wiþ crympyng [L anulosi] bodyes haueþ scharpe witte and felynge..as been and ampten.