Old English · noun

cruc

Normalised crūċ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /kruːt͡ʃ/
Syllables: kruːt͡ʃ (1 syllable)
Modern English: crouch cross christianity

Meaning

cross

Declension

Declension of cruc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crūċ	crūċas
Accusative	crūċ	crūċas
Genitive	crūċes	crūċa
Dative	crūċe	crūċum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crux. Cognate with Old High German krūzi (German Kreuz), Old Saxon krūci (Dutch kruis, Low German Krüüz), Old Irish cros (Welsh croes, Irish crois, Old Norse kross English cross), Old French croiz (French croix), Spanish cruz and many others.

Descendants

crouch

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