Crecas

Old English

Alternative forms

• Grēcas, Crēce, Grēce

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.kɑs/

Proper noun

Crēcas m pl

1. 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."

2. 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 þǣm Fulvius sē consul fōr mid firde on Crēce, tō þām beorgum þe man Olympus hǣt.

     After that, consul Fulvius went with an army to Greece, to the mountain that is called Olympus.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	Crēcas
accusative	—	Crēcas
genitive	—	Crēca
dative	—	Crēcum

Derived terms

• Crēca land
• Crēċisċ

Descendants

• Middle English: Greke
  • English: Greek