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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish krævet, from Old Saxon krevit, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit.
Noun
kräfta c
- crayfish
- (archaic) cancer (disease)
- Synonym: cancer
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, II Timothy, 2:17
Och theras taal fräter om kring sigh såsom Kreffuetan. Jbland huilka är Hymeneus och Philetus / […]- (pre-1906 spelling) Och deras tal fräter omkring sig, såsom kräfvetan; ibland hvilka är Hymeneus och Philetus;
- And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
- Cancer (star sign)
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