Obs. In 3 croo. [OE. cróʓ, croh small vessel, cognate with OHG. chruog, MHG. kruoc(g), Ger. krug pitcher, jug, mug:—OTeut. *krôgo-z. Cf. CROCK sb.1] A pitcher, a water-pot.
a. 700. Epinal Gloss., 584. Lagoena crooʓ [so in Erfurt, Leyden; Corpus 1171 croʓ].
c. 1050. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 298/17. Lagena croʓ.—Glosses ibid. 431/36. Lagena croh.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 39. Þe croh eorneð iþe fur & te cheorl chideð.
c. 1250. Old Kentish Serm., in O. E. Misc., 29. Fol vellet … þos Ydres, þet is to sigge þos Croos, oþer þos faten of watere.
