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crepare [CL], ~ere 1 to make a loud noise. dum salpix crepat et clangit vox clara tubarum Aldh. VirgV 280; 9‥ ~at, i. sonat, cracaþ, brastlaþ ‥, ~o, -ui, -tum, sono GlH C 2036 (cf. ib. C 2058: ~ere, i. sonare); ~antibus ‥ sub ferulis, under smyllendum gyrdum GlP 4. 2 to crack, burst; b (of human or animal body); c (of heart); d (of blister or sim.). e (trans.) to rupture. subito ‥ dextri brachii ~uit ferrum, cujus sonitus aures reddidit attonitas assistentium T. Mon. Will. VI 9 p. 235; 1337 dicta navis ‥ in portus Berewici per quandam tempestatem ‥ impulsa fuit cuidam muro ‥ cum tanto impetu quod ‥ in magna parte ~uit IMisc 130/2; to briste, ~are, ~ere, crepitare, rumpere CathA.  b cum crepuit medius laqueo suspensus ab alto [Judas; cf. Act. i 18] Aldh. CE 5. 8; ~et, tospringe GlP 708; [rana bovem] vincere non poteris, victa crepare potes Walt. Angl. Fab. 39. 4; [bufones] verso ventre ‥ ~uerunt et interierunt Gir. TH I 29; ~ere R. Cold. Cuthb. 120 (v. crepitus a); de corriis animalium quorumlibet in ‥ Hibernia nascentium fiunt corrigie tanta efficacia ‥ quod inclusos veneniferos vermes ~are cogunt et sic statim exspirare Gerv. Tilb. II 10 p. 917.  c tandem cor ejus [Guorthigerni] ~uit et defunctus est Nen. HB 192.  d valet pustule ~anti in palato ‥ et aliis partibus corporis Gilb. III 165v. 2.  e valeriana et cauda equina sunt specialia in hernia ~ata Gad. 130. 1.