Cranberries

[Alan H. Hartley]

> Hmmm, not much real help there, is there.   Is there really a 'bog' meaning, or
> was there a Mr. Crane or neither, I wonder.  And I also wonder if the k/t
> equation is a real sound correspondence set between North Germanic and the rest
> of the family.

Not sure about the latter--I can't think of any other examples--but s.v.
CRANE, OED says "OE. cran corresponds to MG. kran, MLG. krân, krôn. Cf.
MDu. crne, Du. kraan: < OLG. krano, kranu, OHG. with guttural suffix,
chranuh, chranih, MHG. kranech, kranich, G. kranich. The corresp. Norse
forms have initial tr- for kr-, ON. trani, Sw. trana, Da. trane."

A.