crope

English

Etymology

From Middle English crope, from Old English crēap (“crept”), first and third person singular indicative of crēopan (“to creep”).

Verb

crope

  1. (obsolete) simple past of creep

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

crope

  1. alternative form of croppe

Etymology 2

Noun

crope

  1. alternative form of croupe

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.

Noun

crope oblique singular, f (oblique plural cropes, nominative singular crope, nominative plural cropes)

  1. croup (rear of a horse)

Descendants

  • Middle French: croupe
    • French: croupe (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: croupe
  • → Middle English: croupe, crop, crope, croppe, croup, crowpe

Portuguese

Verb

crope

  1. inflection of cropar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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