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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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cridhe, heart, Ir. croidhe, O. Ir. cride, W. craidd, Br. kreis, middle, *krdjo-n; Gr. κραδία, καρδία; Lat. cor, cordis; Eng. heart, Ger. herz; Lit. szirdis.
crìlein, a small creel (M'E.), a box, small coffer (H.S.D.), crilein (Arm., M'L.), a box, Ir. crilín, E. Ir. criol, coffer, *krêpolo. criol (Arran, Perth). Stokes gives the stem as krêpo-, and Bez. adds Skr. çū/rpa, winnowing basket (Cf. for phonetics lìon, and Skr. pûrna, full). Sc., Eng. creel, which appears about 1400, is usually derived hence; but as the G. form itself is doubtful, and, from all appearance, taken from Lh., it is best to look elsewhere for an etymology for creel, as, through Fr., from Lat. craticula. The G. criol exists only in Sh., who found it in Lh. See croidhleag.
crìoch, end, Ir. críoch, O. Ir. crích, *krîka,from the root krei, separate, as in criathar, q.v. Stokes and Bezzenberger join W. crip, a comb, and compare Lit. kreikti, strew, and, for sense, appeal to the Ger., Eng. strand, "the strewed", O.Slav. strana, side. It has also been referred to the root of Lat. circus, circle, Gr. κρίκος.
criom, nibbling, criomag, a bit; see creim.
crìon, little, withered, Ir. críon, E. Ir. crín, W. crin, fragile, dry, Br. krin, *krēno-s; the root krē appears to belong to root kēr, kera, destroy, Skr. çṛṇā/mi, break, rend, Lat. caries, decay, Gr. ἀκήρατος, pure, untouched, Got. hairus, sword. Stokes allies it to Skr. çrâṇa, cooked, çrâ, cook, possibly a form of the root kera, mix, Gr. κέραμαι, mix.
crioncanachd, a strife, quarrelsomeness, Ir. críoncánachd: an Ir. word from Lh., apparently. Perhaps críon-cán, "small reviling".
crionna, attentive to small things, prudent, so Ir. (críonna, Con.); also dialectic crìonda, which shows its connection with crìon. Cf. W. crintach, sordid.
criopag, a wrinkle, Ir. criopóg; founded on Eng. crimp, crumple. M'A. has criopag, a clew of yarn.
crios, a belt, girdle, so Ir., O. Ir. criss, fo-chridigedar, accingat, W. crys, shirt, E.W. crys, belt, M. Br. crisaff, succingere, Br. kreis, middle. Bez. suggests comparison with Lit. skritulýs, circle, knee-cap, skreistė, mantle. It has been referred also to the root krid of cridhe, heart.
Crìosdaidh, a Christian, Ir. Criosduighe, M. Ir. cristaige; from the G. Crìosd, Ir. Críosda, Christ; from Lat. Christus, Gr. Hριοστός, the Anointed One.
criostal, a crystal, so Ir; from the Eng.
criot, an earthen vessel (Dialect, H.S.D.), Ir. criotamhail, earthen, made of clay (O'B.), criot, an earthen vessel (O'R.):
