crokes

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Thanne, whanne the ravenne crokes uponne the playne,

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
Make me war ⁊ wite me wið his crefti crokes. þ̵ ha me ne crechen. were me swa wið þen vnwine. helpleses heale.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
Modie meistres ⁊ {40} feole fondeden hire ofte. oswiðe feole halue forto under {} neomen hire. ah nes þer nan þ̵ mahte neuer enes wrenchen hire mid al his crefti crokes ut of þe weie. ah swa sone heo ȝeld ham swucche ȝein cleppes. ⁊ wende hare wiheles uppon ha {m} seoluen þ̵ al ha i {} cneowen ham crauant

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
i {} seon him ȝet schent {;} þ̵ weneð me to schrenchen ant schunchen of þe {140} weie {;} þ̵ leadeð to eche lif. wite me from his lað ant wið his crefti crokes. wite me wið mine unwines þ̵ tu beo euer iheret ant iheiet in heouene ant in eorðe beo þu áá iblescet as þu were ant art. ant euer schalt beon in eche blisse. amen.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall