Middle English Dictionary Entry
crōt(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crōt(e n. |
| Etymology | Chiefly N; prob. Scand., cp. Norw. dial. krota bit, residue. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A lump; a clod (of earth); ?a knob (on the cover of a pot); (b) the residue of rendered fat, cracklings; (c) ilk (a) ~, every bit.
Associated quotations
a
- (?c1466) Paston4.258 : I sende yow..iij tracle pottes..I mystruste moost the potte that hathe a krotte abovyn in the toppe.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)105 : Crote of a turfe: Glebicula, glebula, glebella.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.101.4 : My bones as croote [WB(2): critouns; L cremium] han dried.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)18a/b : Cremium: krote of gres or taluȝ when þat hyt ys ybrent.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9440 : And if þou haldes mi forbot, þou sal be lauerd ouer ilk crot þat es in erth or paradis.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27375 : To spi Til he find quar þe roting ly..Away to sagh þam ilk crote [Frf: grote].
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2102 : Þe kyng was slayn þer wiþ a schote, þe host destruyed ilk a crote.