Middle English Dictionary Entry
crōte(ie)n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crōte(ie)n v. Also grotheien. |
| Etymology | AF crote(ie)r |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the deer and the hare: to void excrement (in pellets).
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)11 : The hare..alle way she croteith in oon manere, saue whan she goth in hure loue..þan she croteith hure fumes more ybrend and smaller.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)75 : I shal teche yow..to deme þe fumes of an hert, for sum tyme þei croteye in wrethis and sumtyme flatt.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)78 : Of hares and of conynes he shal saie þei croteþ.
- c1425 Twiti Venery(1) (Vsp B.12)151 : The hare..grotheyth and roungeth..crotyth and not freyns.