Middle English Dictionary Entry
crufte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crufte n. Also croufte. |
| Etymology | OE, from L crupta, crypta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A vault or crypt.
Associated quotations
- a1200 Gloss.Sidonius (Dgb 172)30/27 : Cripta..quod est proprie crufte.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1026/8 : Than he loke into a croufte undir the mynstir, and there he sawe a tombe.