Etymology

Formed on crokeʒ.

PGmc Ancestor

?*krōk-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

krókr ‘hook, anything crooked’
(ONP krókr (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far krókur, Icel krókur, Norw krôk, Dan krog, Sw krok

OE Cognate

cp. gecrōcod (adj.) 'crooked, bent'

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

BB2b

Attestation

Common and widespread in ME.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 4872

Bibliography

MED crōken (v.), OED crook (v.1), Bj. 248, SPS 109, 287, de Vries krókr, Mag. krókur, AEW cryce, DOE gecrōcod, EPNE *crōc; krókr