Middle English Dictionary Entry
crǒuden v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | crǒuden v.(1) Also cruden, croden. Forms: p.sg. crud, crǒude(d; pl. crodin. |
| Etymology | OE crūdan, crēad. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To push, jostle, crowd; ~ aboute; (b) to be crowded or full (of sth.); (c) to press on, hurry; (d) ~ ayen, to restrain (oneself), hold back.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4133 : Gret was þe pres..Of sondri folke þat schove fast and croude.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2095 : Neyther..moste out goo For other, so they gonne crowde.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)5847 : Folke gan drawe to anoon..koude [read: Croude] aboute hem environ.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)225 : Where synful soules tumble and raue..Toodes of hem doth crowde and crepe.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2762 : If the sonne..arise vndir a cloude, That day in rayn & wynd is wont to croude.
c
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)75/1293 : Þat schup bigan to crude [vr. croude], Þe wind him bleu lude.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)147/2437 : To-ward þe chyrche fror [read: for] to crowde.
d
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)610 : Wiþholde þe, dame, and aȝeyn croude, For ȝif þou childest in þis stounde, Þi childe shal be myd sorouȝ bounde.
2.
(a) To push or drive (a vehicle); convey (sb. in a vehicle); (b) to impel or move (the spheres).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1861 : Amoraunt crud [Dc: crouded] sir Amiloun Þurch mani a cuntre, vp & doun.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1883 : He crud [Dc: crod] his wain in to þe fen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.801 : In the same ship..He sholde..crowde hir fro the lond.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)105 : Crowde wythe a barow: Cinevecto. Crowdyn or showen: Impello.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.296 : O firste moeuyng, cruel firmament, With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay And hurlest al from est til occident.
3.
(a) To compel (sb.), take by force (to sb.); (b) ~ on, to exert pressure upon (sb.), importune.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)55 : Cananis hym [Christ] crodyn to heroudis kyng.
b
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2014 : Þe cursed prest..schal now entre and sor on me croude.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.37vb (2.3) : If it be by cause of compressioun -- os when þe lunges bene ouerlayde and ouerwalmede or croden or schouyn wiþ some oþere membre, os wiþ þe stomak or wiþ þe splene..he may knowe it and wite it by felyng boþe of þe membre þat presseþ and of þat membre þat is pressede.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.79ra (2.13) : If it be o þe lyuer, he maie neyþer reste ne lien on þat side þat it is..be cause of schouyng and pressing of þe stomak & þe entrailes..if it be o þe ribbes, he may bettre reste him and lie on þat side þer it is..by cause þat it is noght schouen ne crodede of eny oþer membre þeraboute.
Note: Additional quots. Editor's gloss: 'crowded, pushed aside (by other organs)'.