craye

English

Etymology

From French craie (apparently unrelated to craie (“chalk”)).

Noun

craye (plural crayes)

1. A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden

Translations

vessel

Dutch: kraai (nl) French: craie (fr)

Anagrams

• Carey, Cayer, Racey

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *krāia, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.

Noun

crâye f

1. crow

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	crâye	crâyen
accusative	crâye	crâyen
genitive	crâye, crâyen	crâyen
dative	crâye, crâyen	crâyen

Descendants

• Dutch: kraai
  • Afrikaans: kraai
• Limburgish: krej

Further reading

• “craye”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “craeye”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page craeye