crasset

See also: crâsset

Middle English

Noun

crasset

Alternative form of cresset

Middle French

Noun

crasset m (plural crassets)

lamp or torch

References

craisset on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Noun

crasset oblique singular, m (oblique plural crassez or crassetz, nominative singular crassez or crassetz, nominative plural crasset)

lamp or torch

Descendants

Middle French: crasset
→ Middle English: cresset, crasset, crescet, cressett, cressyt, kirsett, kressette
- English: cresset

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (craisset)

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