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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
criotaich, caress; see cniadaich.
criplich, a cripple; from the Eng. cripple.
crith, shake, quiver, Ir., E. Ir. crith, W. cryd, O. W. crit, *kritu-; Ag. S. hriða, fever, Ger. ritten, fever. See crath, to which crith has been suggested as cognate (root kṛt, krot, kret.
critheann, critheach, the aspen tree, Ir. crann-critheach; from crith.
crò, a sheep cot, pen, Ir. cró, M. Ir. cró caerach, ovile, crò na muice, pig-stye, W. craw, hovel, pig-stye, Br. kraou, crou, stable, *krâpo-s, a stye, roof; Ag. S. hróf, Eng. roof, Norse hróf, a shed (Stokes). The Norse kró, small pen, Sc. croo, seem borrowed.
crò, the eye of a needle, Ir., E. Ir. cró, W. crau, M. Br. cräo, Br. kraouenn.
†crò, blood, E. Ir. cró, crú, W. crau, Cor. crow, *krovo-s; Lat. cruor, gore; Lit. kraújas, blood; Skr. kravis, raw flesh; Gr. κρέας, flesh; Eng. raw.†
†crò, death, Ir., E. Ir. cró. From the same origin as crò, blood. This is the Sc. cro, the weregild of the various individuals in the Scoto-Celtic Kingdom, from the king downwards.
cròc, beat, pound (Dialectic, H.S.D.):
cròc, a branch of a deer's horn; cf. Norse krókr, Eng. crook.
cròcan, a crook; from the Norse krókr, Eng. crook.
croch, hang, Ir. crochaim, croch, a cross, gallows, E. Ir. croch, cross, W. crog; from the Lat. crux, crucis.
cròch, saffron, Ir. cróch; from Lat. crocus, from Gr. κρόκος, crocus, and its product saffron.
crodh, cattle, Ir. crodh, a dowry, cattle, M. Ir. crod, wealth (cattle): *krodo-, I. E. qordh, qerdh; Eng. herd, Ger. herde; Lit. kerdżus, herd (man), Ch. Sl. creda, a herd; Skr. çardhas, a troop.
cròdha, valiant, Ir. cródha, E. Ir. cróda, valiant, cruel, *croudavo-s, "hardy"; root croud of cruaidh, q.v.
crodhan, hoof, parted hoof, Ir. crobhán, a little hoof or paw, See crubh.
crog, an earthen vessel, crogan, a pitcher, Ir. crogán, pitcher, E. Ir. crocann, olla, W. crochan, *krokko-; Gr. κρωσσός, pitcher (*κρωκjος); to which are allied, by borrowing somehow, Eng. crock, Ag. S. crocca, Norse krukka, Ger. krug. G. and W. phonetics (G. g = W. ch.) are unsatisfactory. Schrader derives these words from O. Ir. crocenn, skin - a "skin" vessel being the original.
crog, an aged ewe; from the Sc. crock; cf. Norw. krake, a sickly beast, Fries. krakke, broken-down horse, etc.
