cropen
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cropen — past part of créopan … Old to modern English dictionary
Crapper — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval origin and is generally an occupational surname for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of corn. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word cropp meaning swelling ,… … Surnames reference
Cropper — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval origin and is generally an occupational surname for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of corn. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word cropp meaning swelling ,… … Surnames reference
creep — (v.) O.E. creopan to creep (class II strong verb; past tense creap, pp. cropen), from P.Gmc. *kreupanan (Cf. O.Fris. kriapa, M.Du. crupen, O.N. krjupa to creep ), from PIE root *greug . As a noun, a creeping motion, from 1818; meaning despicable… … Etymology dictionary
