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Old English · proper noun

Crecas

Normalised Crēcas

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈkreː.kɑs/
Syllables
ˈkreː · kɑs (2 syllables)
Modern English
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Meaning

  1. the Greeks

    Þā hē ārīsende wæs, þā ġefēlde hē his līchaman healfne dǣl mid þǣre ādle ġeslæġen bēon þe Crēcas nemnaþ paralysis and wē cweðaþ lyftādl.

    As he was getting up, he felt half his body being struck with the affliction that the Greeks call paralysis and we call "air sickness."

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. Greece

    On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.

    At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

Declension

Declension of Crecas
Plural
Nominative Crēcas
Accusative Crēcas
Genitive Crēca
Dative Crēcum

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).

Descendants

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