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Crecas
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Grēcas Crēce Grēce
Etymology
ang la grc
From ang gmw-pro *Krēkō Greeks.
Pronunciation
Crēcas
Proper noun
Crēcas m-p
the Greeks
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ang 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."
Greece
late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
ang 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
ang 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
ang 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
ang 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
Crēc pl
Derived terms
ang Crēca land
ang Crēċisċ
Descendants
enm Greke
en Greek
ang Demonyms