eldertongue

Old English · verb

crawan

Normalised crāwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈkrɑː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈkrɑː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
birdsongnoisescrowroostertypicalbirds

Meaning

  1. To crow (make the noise of a rooster)

  2. To make other noises typical of birds; to produce birdsong.

Conjugation

Conjugation of crawan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular crāwecrēow
2nd singular crǣwstcrēowe
3rd singular crǣwþcrēow
Plural crāwaþcrēowon
Subjunctive
Singular crāwecrēowe
Plural crāwencrēowen
Non-finite forms of crawan
Form
Infinitive crāwan
Inflected infinitive crāwenne
Imperative singular crāw
Imperative plural crāwaþ
Present participle crāwende
Past participle crāwenġecrāwen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krāan (“to crow, shout”).

Descendants

crow

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crawan · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution