† coronen.
Obsolete.
An early form of crown n., frequent in 14–15th centuries, but obsolete by 1500. In the following, apparently a new formation from Latin corona: see corona n.1 1 – 3, 8.
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 70 A certaine continuall circle of light, which they call Stephanen, that is to saie, a Corone.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 73 His floures do grow like crownes or garlandes rounde about the stalke..The seede doth grow in the smal corones from whence the floures fell of.
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