creaunt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• craunt, creant, creaunde, criant, criaunt

Etymology

Possibly from Old French creant, past participle of creire, but more likely an aphetic form of recreaunt, as creant does not mean "defeated".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛːˈa(u̯)nt/, /kriˈa(u̯)nt/, /ˈkrɛːa(u̯)nt/

Adjective

creaunt

1. defeated, overcome

   Synonyms: cravant, recreaunt

Related terms

• creaunce
• myscreaunt
• recreaunt

References

• “crēaunt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.