1geog.creek:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xivin
)
(St. Osith and her book fall into the water:) amdeuz l'ewe ad retenu. Loinz de cel liu les desaka, Et en une krenke les jeta
290
(
MS: s.xiii
)
alveus: id est krike
(Latin: alveus undarum dicitur esse locus) )
165
(
1475-76
)
si ascuns dischargent en ascun cryke ou petyt river […]
ii 35.7
♦
ship.inlet with a small port or harbour:
(
1401
)
sur son passage en ascun nief ou vesselle, pour aler hors d’aucun port, haviene ou cryke du roialme, sanz especial congé de nous
i 83
(
1402
)
en les grauntz portz du mere et nemye en crekes et petitz arrivailles
iii 506
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crike (c.1200)