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CYLL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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  • Gesomnigende swá swá on cylle wætera sǽs

    congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 32,
    • 7.
  • Ðas cylle

    istum utrem,

    • Greg. Dial. 3,
    • 37.
  • Swá ðú on hríme setest hlance cylle

    sicut uter in pruina,

    • Ps. Th. 118,
    • 83.
  • Flaxe oððe cylle

    asscopa [= ascopēra ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 5
    • ;
    • Som. 56,
    • 27;
    • Wrt. Voc. 17,
    • 32.
  • Æmtige cillan vacuum utrem: ða cillan

    istum utrem,

    • Greg. Dial. 3,
    • 37.
  • Gefylde he ðære cyrcan cyllan

    implevit lampades ecclesiæ,

    • 1,
    • 5.
  • He gegaderode eall sǽwætru tosomne, swylce hí wǽron on ánum cylle

    congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris,

    • Ps. Th. 32,
    • 6.
  • Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes

    the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood,

    • Ors. 2,
    • 4;
    • Bos. 45,
    • 34.
  • Se ðe fæstne hider cylle [MS. kylle] brohte. . . gif hwelc þyrelne cylle [kylle MS.] brohte to ðys burnan who has brought hither a water-tight bottle . . .

    if any has brought to this spring a leaky bottle,

    • Past. 65
    • ;
    • Hat. MS
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. kyllir , m. a bag or pouch
.]
Derived forms
stór-cylle, -cille
Linked entries
v.  celle cille ciellan cille.
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