Infinitive
craestre; crestre; craistre; croistre; crustre; creicer; creiscer; creser
Participles
| Present | craessant; creisant; creissant; cressant; cresçant; cresceant; cresceaunt; crescent |
| Past | crescé; creu; creuu; croeu; crois; cruu |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | creis |
| 2nd sing. | creisquis |
| 3rd sing. | craest; craist; creist; crest; creisset; creste; cret; croist; crust; crustz |
| 1st plur. | creisum |
| 2nd plur. | creissiez |
| 3rd plur. | craissent; crescent; creessent; cresent; cressent; croisent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | creire |
| 2nd sing. | creiires |
| 3rd sing. | craisseit; creisseit; cresseit; cresceit; cresoit; cressoit |
| 1st plur. | creirion |
| 2nd plur. | creiriez |
| 3rd plur. | creseient; creisseient; cressoient; croessoient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | crequi |
| 2nd sing. | creisquis |
| 3rd sing. | creut; creuth; crut; cruth; croust; cruht; cruit; crust; crustz |
| 1st plur. | creisquimes |
| 2nd plur. | creistes |
| 3rd plur. | creseirent; cruissirent; crustrent |
Future
| 1st sing. | creistrai |
| 2nd sing. | creisteras |
| 3rd sing. | craestra; crestra; craistrat; creistra; creistrat; crestera; cresterat |
| 1st plur. | creirmes |
| 2nd plur. | creisterez |
| 3rd plur. | cresterunt |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | creistereie |
| 2nd sing. | creisreies |
| 3rd sing. | creiscereit |
| 1st plur. | creisrions |
| 2nd plur. | creistriez |
| 3rd plur. | creisereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | creiseie |
| 2nd sing. | creistes |
| 3rd sing. | creisch; creissed; creosse; cresse; croise |
| 1st plur. | creistum |
| 2nd plur. | cresquiez |
| 3rd plur. | creisent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | creistisse |
| 3rd sing. | croust |
| 1st plur. | creistisuns |
| 2nd plur. | creistisiez |
| 3rd plur. | crusent |
Sample Sentences
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Ço fist E. le traitur, Pur ço quidat creistre s’onur
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De quinze mil homes ad creu son barné
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De noz labors ne seit creuz Altrui maisun
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De poi vus crut en halt e mut vus honura
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Ceste vertu fist Deu […] Pur seint Johan creistre en aveir
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Le cel fu oscur durement, La mer cresceit le vent
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La petite centele […] li dyable la soffle e la norist e le crest plus e plus
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Cest[e] pere creist et descreist
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Ves ci le tresor qui ne faut, Descreistre ne puet, ains creistra
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La lune crest e puis est pleine
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Dis fiees le vit Cum creist e desfit
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[...] Quan[t] la lune creist et descreist
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Se tun numbre creis tant Que il venget a .xl.?
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E li Engleis tuz jorz creisseient , Kar d’ultremer suvent veneient
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E ses despenses cressent a la jornee, li compaignoun les paierount communalment
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[S]e acuns a emprunté as Jeus […] e muert devant qu’il lor ait paié lor avoir, ne croise mie la dette tant dis com li heirs sera dedenz aage
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E si il ad mal en la teste, Que ses chevols ne pussent crestre [...]
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Si le jour de noel avent par dimaine [... ], bois creicerount [...]
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le blee q’est germy , et tendre
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la terre ou le vyn crustz
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | creis |
| 1st plur. | creistum |
| 2nd plur. | cresquiez |
Translations
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1.
to increase
(v.a.)
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2.
to benefit, increase in wealth, make more prosperous
(v.a.)
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3.
to cause to increase, swell
(v.a.)
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1.
to increase, grow bigger
(v.n.)
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2.
to grow
(v.n.)
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3.
(of disease, infection) to grow, spread
(v.n.)
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4.
(of tide) to rise, come in
(v.n.)
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5.
to prosper
(v.n.)
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6.
to accrue, come (to)
(v.n.)