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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1513-1590
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Crum, n. Also: crumm, crom(m). [ME. crum(me, crom(me, OE. cruma.]
1. The inner soft part of a loaf.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 618.
Hyr brethyr … Wald bryng til hyre sum crum, sum cruse [= crust]
2. A crumb; a particle.c1420 Wynt. iii. 14.
Quhylum I Off kyngys realle had sevynty Wndyrneth my burddys set, Sekand crummys for tyll ete 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 281.
Thraw it [my buike] in the fyre, or rent it euery crum 1513 Ib. iii. vi. 78.
Nor thé nedis nocht to gruch, in tyme tocum, The rungyng of ȝour tabillis euery crum 1535 Stewart 48738.
This king Edward … This royall ruif that tyme baith all and sum, Gart tak it doun than be tlve leist ane crum a1568 Scott xxv. 8.
Feind a crum of thé scho fawis 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 40.
The crummis small Quhilk fell downe fra his burde c1590 J. Stewart 105 § 7.
Sum croms of grace … fals from thy childrins fair
