cronen

From Old Dutch *krōnen, presumably from Proto-Germanic *kraunijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkroːnən/, /ˈkrøːnən/

crônen

1. to groan, to moan
   • Een goed knecht, die van sinen here berispt is, ..., en is niet murmurende noch cronende.

     A good servant who has been rebuked by his lord,...., is grumbling nor groaning.

• Dutch: kreunen
• → Middle English: cronen
  • English: croon

From crône +‎ -en.

crônen

1. (transitive) to crown, to top, to put a crown/wreath on
2. (transitive) to coronate

• Dutch: kronen
• Limburgish: kroeane

• “cronen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cronen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cronen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II