n.
Erk, WA crosse
'cross' (Modern English cross)
PGmc Ancestor
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
kross 'cross'
(ONP kross (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far krossur, Icel, Norw kross, Dan kors, Sw kors
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
FC5b
There are three occurrences of late OE cros in place-name forms, all in 12c. manuscripts and associated with Peterborough; in onomastic usage cros is esp. frequent in the NW (see EPNE). Common and widespread throughout ME; the earliest MED record is as a surname in (1199) CRR(1) 2.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 762; Erk 2; WA 4872
On the phrase ‘Cros Kryst’ see Emerson 1922: 374, TGD 762n; it is sometimes hyphenated (e.g. by GDS, Vant).