crepen
Middle English
/ˈkreːpən/
verb
Definitions
- To move in a subtle or secretive way:
- To enter or depart; to experience the start or end of life.
- To appear or disappear; to arrive or leave.
- To burgle or rob; to loot a house or property.
- (disease) To become more dire or severe; to grow.
- To kneel or bow down; to visibly humble oneself.
- (rare) Of plants; to grow or sprout.
- (rare) To feel a false feeling of movement inside oneself.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English crēopan (creep, crawl) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (creep, twist, crawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kreupaną
Gloss
creep, twist, crawl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurocreep English
- becreep English
- creep English
- creepage English
- creepazoid English
- creepdar English
- creeper English
- creepest English
- creepeth English
- creepfest English
- creephole English
- creepify English
- creeping English
- creepmeter English
- creepmouse English
- creepo English
- creepoid English
- creepshot English
- creepsome English
- creeptacular English
- creeptastic English
- creepware English
- creepy English
- cripple English
- increep English
- outcreep English
- undercreep English
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *kreupandz Proto-Germanic
- *kreupaną Proto-Germanic
- becreopan Old English
- creopan Old English
- crypel Old English
- crēopan Old English
- crēopende Old English
- þurhcreopan Old English
- crepel Middle English
- creper Middle English
- crepynge Middle English
- krjúpa Old Norse
- *krūfan Old High German
- *crūpan Old Dutch
- kriopan Old Saxon