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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cren, variant of Cran n.1 — c1420 Wynt. i. 644 (W).
The Pigmeus … oft will with the crennys fycht c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxv. 24.
Quhill that ane abbot him cleith in ernis pennis, And fle up in the air amangis the crennis Ib. xlviii. 123.
Pacokkis, papingais, or crennis [: wrennis]
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