A dictionary of the Manks language, with the corresponding words or ...

CRE
Crece, v. sell, dispose of by sale —agh, i 77
—EE,- 80; —IN, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86;
—YMS, 87 ; —YS, 88.
Crece, s. m. a sale ; pi. —yn.
Creck'eybr, s. 711. a seller ; pi. —yn.
Creck'it, 85. sold, vended, made sale of.
C'red, adv. (Cre red) what, literally what thing.
Cred or Creid, v. believe, give credit ; —agh,
—YM, 86;' —YMS, 87'; —YS, 88. '
Cred'jal, v. believing, crediting.
Cred'jalteb, s. pi. believers. This as well as
the plural of Credjuagh is used.
Cred'juagh, s. m. a believer; pi. 71.
Cred'jue, s. m. faith, belief, credence.
Cree, s. f. heart; pJ. —aohvn. Prrir. " Ta
cree dooif nj/ share 7ia fiiorie croiitr!!,'/!."
CREi'AOft, ' a.' d. of tde- heart nr hearts.
Creear, i. f. a sieve, scarce ; bolter ; /)/. —yn.
V. sift, scarce; —agh, 77; — ee, 80; —ey, 82
— in, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; -YMS, 87
Creear'evder, s. m. a sifter, &c. ; pL —yn.
Creear'it or Creeart, 85. sifted, &c.
Creb-bris'ht, s. m. a broken heart.
Cre-ec, adv. what at, why, at what.
Creed'lagh or Crebt'lagh, s. tii. shru^g,
shifting, or moving the shoulder in the clotlies.
Creen, a. ripe, withered; v. wither, ripen;
—agh, 77 ; —EE, 80 ; —IN, 83 ; —INS, 84 ; —IT,
85; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87; —YS, 88.
Creen'aghey, v. ripening, withering.
Creen'aght, s. f. wisdom; pi. —yn.
Creen'ey, a. wise, provident. Proi'. " Ta
doohuieu creeney menrack jannoo carrey jeh
Creen'ey, 'o-P^- ripe,'withered ; as, magheryn
creeney (ripe fields).
Creen'id, s. m. 89. ripeness.
Creent, 85. ripened, withered.
Creeo'il, a. hearty; Vy , adv. heartily.
Creeo'ilid or Creeo'ilys, s. in. heartiness.
Cre-erbee, ado. whatever, whatsoever.
Creest, s.m. Christ; pl.—r^^.
Crees'tee, s. m. a Christian ; pi. - vNor —nyn.
Crees'teeagh, s. m. Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper ; pi. —YN.
Crebs'tiaght, s. m. Christianity.
Creg or *Cregg, s. f. a rock ; pi. —yn
Creg'gagh, a. rocky, having rocks,
Creg'gan, s. in. a place or piece of ground left
uncultivated in consequence of being rocky or
containing stones ; generally overgrown vrith
gorse or underwood.
Creg'gey, a. d. of the rock or rocks.
Creiu, v. ruining.
Crem, s. a sore or aUment; pi. —yn.
Crem'agh, a. diseased with sores, &c.
Crem'eyder, s. in. a fault finder, a critic; pi.
Cre'n-fa, adv. wherefore, why, literally what
for ;
a contraction of Cre ynfa.
Cren'-fa-nagh, adv. why not, wherefore not.
Cren-oyr', adv. for what cause.
CreoV, a. hard, obdurate ; close, near.
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Creoi or Creogh, v. make hard or harden;
—agh, 77 ; —BE, 80; —in, 83; —INS, 84 ; — YM,
Creogh or Crboioh, v. id., &c.
Creoid'ey, a. hardy, daring, firm.
Creoid'ys, s. m. hardiness, daringness, &c.
Creoig'hey or Creoghey, v. hardening.
Creoig'hys, s.m. hardship; pi. —syn.
Creoit, 85. hardened.
Creoi-wan'nallagh, a. stiff-necked.
Cre-saillym, adv. what I please; — s, id.
Cre-sailt, adv. what thou pleasest ; —s, id.
Cre-silhu, adv. what you please or what is
your pleasure.
Cre-theihll, adv. whatever, where ever.
Cretoor, s. m. a creature; pi. — yn. ; —bio,
Crei 85. ruined, crushed.
Cre Cre voish, , adv. _ from whence.
where from, or from where.
Cre vel, adv. -where is, what is. This word is
often spoken C'el.
Cre wheesh, adv. how big or how great.
Cre whelleen, adv. how many. The ee in the
last syllable is to be sounded as i.
Cre vvoad', adv. how much.
sha're, adv. how much better.
SLoo', adv. how much less.
SMoo, adv. how much more.
Crib or *Cribb, v. curb, contract, shrink
—AGH, 77; —EE, 80; —in, 83; —INS, 84 j —YM,
86; —YMS, 87; —YS, 88.
Crib
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Crib'baghyn, s. in. a silver sixpence is so called
in ludicrous talk.
Crib'ban, s. to. a loop of rope to put on a wrestive
beast's fore leg to hold it double.
Crtb'bey, v. contracting, shrinking in or up.
Crib'bidjagh, a. parsimonious, niggardly, &c.
Crib'bit, 85. contracted, shrunk.
Crib' v. shake; -agh, 77; -be, 80 ; —in, 83 ;
—YM, 86; —ys, 88. See also Craa : the both
Crig'gyl, s. f. a cripple; pi. —yn or 76.
Criht, 85. shook, shaken.
Crink or Croine, s. pi. hiUs, mounts.
Crink'yl, s. to. a loop in the edge of a sail.
Crivass'an, s. to. a shrunk or contracted creature
; a dwarf; pi. —yn.
CRIY, S. f. gallows ; pi. —AGHYN Or —YN.
Croab, s. /. an eye of a needle; the notch of
an arrow to admit the bow string.
Croag, s. fang, talon, claw, clutch ; pi. —yn,
Croaga'ne, s. f. a crook or hook ; pi. —yn;
Ex. xl. 43.
Croagan'eagh, a. having a crook or crooks.
Croagh'an, s. m. a gadfly; acratching; pi. —yn.
Croag'lagh, «. as much as can be brought in the
fangs or clutches, or in the hand or hands in
contempt.
Croag-par'tan, s. f. water seagrum; crab's
Croan or Cron, s.m. a mast.
Croanre'isht, s. f amradulsa, a species of
night shade, the decoction of which is said to