"craven" meaning in Middle English

See craven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkraːvən/
Etymology: From Old English crafian, from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, modification of Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|crafian}} Old English crafian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*krafōn}} Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*krafjaną|t=to demand}} Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} craven Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|crav}} Forms: weak [table-tags], craven [infinitive], to craven [infinitive], crave [infinitive], crave [first-person, present, singular], craved [first-person, past, singular], cravest [present, second-person, singular], cravedest [past, second-person, singular], craveth [present, singular, third-person], craved [past, singular, third-person], crave [present, singular, subjunctive], craved [past, singular, subjunctive], crave [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], craven [plural, present], crave [plural, present], craveden [past, plural], cravede [past, plural], craveth [imperative, plural, present], crave [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], cravynge [participle, present], cravende [participle, present], craved [participle, past], ycraved [participle, past]
  1. to ask or petition (for something)
    Sense id: en-craven-enm-verb-E7HoLt55
  2. to demand or claim; to ask forcefully
    Sense id: en-craven-enm-verb-VRwZ5LvN
  3. to ask or inquire (about something)
    Sense id: en-craven-enm-verb-xSbq1R19
  4. (rare) to want or crave Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-craven-enm-verb-3MBSG2BF
  5. (rare) to charge; to calumniate Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-craven-enm-verb-yXqC20nz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crave, cravyn, crawyn, krave

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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