cræt

Old English

Alternative forms

• crat, ċeart, ċert, cært

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kratt (“basket, crate”), from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kræt/

Noun

cræt n (nominative plural cratu)

1. cart, waggon
2. chariot

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cræt	cratu
accusative	cræt	cratu
genitive	crætes	crata
dative	cræte	cratum

Derived terms

• crætehors
• horscræt

Descendants

• Middle English: cart, kert, cheart (merged with Old Norse kartr)
  • English: cart
  • Scots: kart, kairt, keart, kert
• >? Middle English: crete (“crib, cradle”) (< Old English *cret ?)