Crake

Crake
This name, with variant spellings Crake and Creyk, is of northern English locational origin from a place in the North Riding of Yorkshire called Crayke. Recorded as Crec in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dated 685 A.D. and as Creic in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name derives from the Olde Welsh "Creic" (modern "Craig") meaning a rock. The place is, in fact, situated on a ridge. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century, (see below). Henry de Crake of Dumfriesshire, who rendered homage in 1296, was an early namebearer in Scotland. One, Philipus de Crayk appears in the 1379 "Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire" and in 1435 Walter Blakeder (Scotland). In 1453 Andrew Craik witnessd a "letter of sesing of the hold of Dumdurnach" (from "Collections for a history of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph (de) Crake, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Crake — (kr[=a]k), v. t. & i. [See {Crack}.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. [1913 Webster] 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crake — heißen: der River Crake, Abfluss des Coniston Water und Zufluss des Leven (Cumbria) im englischen Lake District Paul Crake (* 1976), australischer Radrennfahrer Diese Seite ist eine Begriff …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crake — Crake, n. A boast. See {Crack}, n. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crake — Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow, kr[=a]kr raven, Sw. kr[*a]ka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crow}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species or rail of the genera {Crex} and {Porzana}; so called from its singular cry. See {Corncrake}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crake — [krāk] n. pl. crakes or crake [ME crak < ON kraka,CROW1] any of several rails with long legs and a short bill; esp., the corncrake …   English World dictionary

  • crake — /krayk/, n. any of several short billed rails, esp. the corn crake. [1275 1325; ME < ON krakr, kraki CROW] * * * ▪ bird  any of numerous marsh birds of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), generally any small rail (q.v.) in which the bill is… …   Universalium

  • crake — [[t]kreɪk[/t]] n. orn any of several short billed rails, as the corn crake • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < ON krākr, krāki crow I …   From formal English to slang

  • crake — /kreɪk / (say krayk) noun any of various small, widely distributed birds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swamps and reedy margins of lakes, as the spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis, of Australasia, New Zealand and Pacific islands. {Middle… …  

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  • crake —  a crow ; hence crake berries, crow berries. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

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