A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1507-1549
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Crope, Croap, v. [e.m.E. croape (1593–1600).] intr. Of crows or cranes: To croak. —a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 393.
Cursit croapand [B. cropand, M. crowpand] craw 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 39/12.
The ropeen of the rauynis gart the crans crope