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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
the aidbsi or choral singing. Sc. croon, croyn (15th century), corresponds to Du. kreunen, groan, M.Du. krönon, lament, M.Low G. kronen, growl, O. H. G. chrônan, M.L.G. kroenen, chatter (Murray, who thinks the Sc. came from Low Ger. in M. Eng. period). It seems clear that the Gadelic and Teutonic are related to each other by borrowing; seemingly the Gadelic is borrowed.
cropan, deformed person (Suth.); from Norse kroppinn, deformed. See under crùb.
crosach, crossing, thwarting, Ir. crosanta; also G. crosan (and crostan), a peevish man; all from cros, the basis of crois, cross, q.v.
crosanachd, from crosan, poet, chorister.
crosda, perverse, irascible, so Ir.; from the G. base cros of crois, cross.
crotal, lichen, especially for dyeing, cudbear: *crottal; *crot-to-, from krot, cf. Gr. κροτώνη, an excrescence on a tree. Hence Sc. crottle. M. Ir. crotal means "husk" (which may be G. crotal above), "kernel, cymbal". In the last two senses the word is from the Lat. crotalum, a rattle; the Irish used a small pear-shaped bell or rattle, whence the Ir.Eng. crotal (Murray).
cruach, a pile, heap, Ir., E. Ir. cruach, W. crug, Cor. cruc, O. Br. cruc, *kroukâ; Lit. kráuti, to pile, krúvi, heap; Norse krúga, heap. Others have compared the Norse hraukr, a small stack, Ag. S. hreác, Eng. rick.
cruachan, cruachainn, hip, upper part of the hip, E. Ir. cruachait; from cruach, heap, hump. Stokes translates the Ir. as "chine", and considers it like the corresponding Ger. kreuz, derived from Lat. crûcem, cross. The Gaelic meaning is distinctly against this.
cruaidh, hard, Ir. cruaidh, O. Ir. cruaid, *kroudi-s; root kreva, to be blood, raw, whence crò, blood, q.v.; Lat. crûdus, Eng. crude. Hence cruailinn, hard, rocky.
crùb, squat, crouch, Ir. crúbadh, to bend, crook; also G. crùbach, cripple, Ir. do.; from Norse krjúpa, to creep, kneel (Eng. creep, etc.), kroppinn, crippled, root kreup, krup, as in Eng. cripple, Sc. cruppen thegether, contracted, bowed. Cf. W. crwb, bent.
crùb, bed recess (Carm.):
crùban, the crab-fish, Ir. crúban, W. crwban. From crùb above.
crubh, a horse's hoof, Ir. crobh, paw, hoof, E. Ir. crù, *kruvo-, hoof; Zend çrva, çruva, nail, horn; further Gr. κέρας, horn, and corn, q.v. (Stokes).
crudha, horse shoe, Ir. crúdh: seemingly from the above word.
