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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crēcas m pl
- the Greeks
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Þā hē ārīsende wæs, þā ġefēlde hē his līchaman healfne dǣl mid þǣre ādle ġeslæġen bēon þe Crēcas nemnaþ paralysis and wē cweðaþ lyftādl.- As he was getting up, he felt half his body being struck with the affliction that the Greeks call paralysis and we call "air sickness."
- Greece
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.- At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Þȳ ilcan ġēare Claudius oferwann Gotan and hīe ādrāf ūt of Crēcum.- The same year, Claudius defeated the Goths and drove them out of Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Binnan fīf and twēntiġ ġēara Philippus ġeēode ealle þā cynerīċu þe on Crēcum wǣron.- Within twenty-five years, Phillip conquered all the kingdoms in Greece.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Æfter þām Fulvius sē consul fōr mid fierde on Crēcas, tō þām beorge þe man Olympus hǣtt.- After that, consul Fulvius went with an army to Greece, to the mountain that is called Olympus.
Declension
Declension of Crecas (strong a-stem)
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