craye

English

Etymology

French craie (apparently unrelated to craie (“chalk”)).

Noun

craye (plural crayes)

  1. A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden

Translations

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *krāia, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.

Noun

crâye f

  1. crow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: kraai
    • Afrikaans: kraai
  • Limburgish: krej

Further reading
  • “craye”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “craeye”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page craeye
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