crengen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === crenchen, crenge === Etymology === From Old English *crenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *krangijan, from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkrɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈkreːnd͡ʒən/, /ˈkrind͡ʒən/, /-t͡ʃən/ === Verb === crengen (third-person singular simple present crengeth, present participle crengende, crengynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle crenged) (rare) To condescend; to bend in a haughty manner. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: cringe Scots: creenge, creinge ==== References ==== “crengen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.