obs. var. of CRANNY sb. and v.
[App. a scribal or typographical error: in Promp. Parv. crayne occupies the alphabetical place of cranye; and in quot. 1607 two syllables are wanted.]
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 100. Crayne [Pynson, crany], rima.
1607. Barksted, Mirrha (1876), 61. The tree streight craynes, and springs forth a child.
