Old English · verb
creopan
Normalised crēopan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /ˈkre͜oː.pɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈkre͜oː · pɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- creepcrawl
Meaning
-
to crawl
-
to creep
...for þon hit is nǣdrena ġecynd þæt heora mǣġen ⁊ hiera fēþe bið on heora ribbum swā ōþerra crēopendra wyrma bið on heora fōtum.
...for it is the class of snakes whose movement is on their ribs, just as the motion of other creeping reptiles is with their feet.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Cognate with Old Frisian kriāpa, Old Saxon kriopan, Old High German kriofan, Old Norse krjúpa.
Descendants
creep
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