FromMiddle Englishcrone, fromAnglo-Normancarogne (compare centralOld Frenchcharogne(a term of abuse, literally“carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modernFrenchcharogne).Doublet ofcarrion.
crone (pluralcrones)
- (archaic) Anold woman.
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:old woman
- An archetypal figure, awise woman.
2023 August 17, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “Hybrid Creatures” (7:01 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows[1], season 5, episode 7, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):“And what is your name, crispy, old, wizenedcrone?” “Oh, my name's Helen.” “Hel-- Oh, just Helen. That's it. Just Helen?” “Helen the Magic Woman.” “And you can help me rid myself of this disgusting hex?” “Yes.”
- Anugly,evil-looking, orfrighteningold woman; ahag.
2005,J. M. Coetzee, “Six”, inSlow Man, New York: Viking,→ISBN,page36:With black unseeing eyes the old woman, thecrone, stares at him and through him. Over and over she mutters a word that he cannot quite catch, something likeToomderoom.
2023 July 20, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Pride Parade” (22:07 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows[2], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):“Let's welcome the most beautiful girl I know and I've ever met. My good lady wife Nadja. Come on.” “Oh, she's right here. I've got her.” “I'm here.” “Quiet,crone! Hello, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming.”
- (obsolete) An oldewe.
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar),Thomas Tusser,A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel,→OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […],1810,→OCLC:In traveling homeward, buy forty goodcrones, and fat up the bodies of those seely bones
- (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym;Washington Irving], “The Haunted House”, inBracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […],→OCLC,page210:The oldcrone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free.
ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman
Translations to be checked
FromOld Dutchcorōna, fromLatincorōna.Doublet ofcrune.
crône f
- crown,wreath
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
crone
- (West Midlands)Alternative form ofcrane(“crane”)
