Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. · To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority. · To call for; to require as a course of action.
A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioncravenenm
- Inherited-form mentioncrafianang · to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon
- Inherited-form mention*krafōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*krafjanągem-pro · to demand
- Cognate mentionkræveda · to demand, require
- Cognate mentionkrävasv · to crave, demand
- Cognate mentionkrefjais · to demand
- Cognate mentionkreveno · to demand
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "craven"
},
"expansion": "Middle English craven"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "crafian",
"t": "to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon"
},
"expansion": "Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krafōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krafōn"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krafjaną",
"t": "to demand"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "kræve",
"t": "to demand, require"
},
"expansion": "Danish kræve (“to demand, require”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "kräva",
"t": "to crave, demand"
},
"expansion": "Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "krefja",
"t": "to demand"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic krefja (“to demand”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "kreve",
"t": "to demand"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian kreve (“to demand”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"craven",
"craven#Middle_English"
],
[
"crafian",
"crafian#Old_English"
],
[
"*krafōn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krafōn"
],
[
"*krafjaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krafjaną"
],
[
"kræve",
"kræve#Danish"
],
[
"kräva",
"kräva#Swedish"
],
[
"krefja",
"krefja#Icelandic"
],
[
"kreve",
"kreve#Norwegian"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.",
"To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.",
"To call for; to require as a course of action."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"archaic",
"literary",
"transitive",
"obsolete"
],
"recordId": "120e11b24076514814d3f8a843993dd13bc27ffbce96aaf461837f61d9c47635",
"rawRecordSha256": "8e645da3679344710fcb594bf3d98c7a4929bea7c348459df3af7b6bb937e8c2",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 225824
},
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A formal application to a court to make a particular order."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "c0f782c6ed1a44785d59fcafb14db273ea9f4995cb02c1db525e1b24bdb9c728",
"rawRecordSha256": "29ee5f2b8a48337c86aab0b18c6429932ed83ac828f79fe975772dc20699666f",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 225825
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}