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CYRICE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,
in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v.
the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία
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  • Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde

    the church in Britain for some time had peace,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 8;
    • S. 479,
      • 17.

  • Seó Godes circe, seó circe ǽfyllendra

    the church of God, the church of the faithful,

    • Exon. 18a
      • ;
    • Th. 44, 8,
      • 16;
    • Cri. 699,
      • 703.

  • To ðære ánnesse ðære hálgan Cristes cyrican

    to the unity of Christ's holy church,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 26;
    • S. 488,
      • 13.

  • Agustinus on Cent ðære frymþelícan cyrican líf and láre wæs onhýrigende

    Augustine in Kent imitated the life and lore of the early church,

    • 1,
      • 26;
    • S. 487,
      • 27.

  • Gregorius féng to biscopháde ðære Rómániscan cyrican

    Gregory succeeded to the bishopric of the Roman church,

    • 1,
      • 23;
    • S. 485,
      • 23;
    • 1,
      • 4;
    • S. 475,
      • 29.

  • Ongunnon hí ðæt apostolíce líf ðære frymþelícan cyricean onhýrigean

    they began to imitate the apostolic life of the early church,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 26;
    • S. 487,
      • 32.

  • Fram ðam biscope ðære Rómániscan cyricean

    by the bishop of the Roman church,

    • 1,
      • 13;
    • S. 481,
      • 38.

  • On Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican

    in the nation and church of the Northumbrians,

    • 2,
      • 20;
    • S. 521,
      • 19.

  • On ðære hálgan Rómánisce cyricean

    in the holy Roman church,

    • 1,
      • 27;
    • S. 489, 33,
      • 38.

  • Hǽlend Crist is se grundweall ðære gástlícan cyrcan

    Jesus Christ is the foundation of the spiritual church,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 588,
      • 22.

  • Ealle Godes cyrcan sind getealde to ánre cyrcan, and seó is geháten gelaðung

    all God's churches are accounted as one church, and that is called a congregation,

    ii.
    • 580,
      • 22.

  • On ciricean Grist Drihten God bletsige

    in ecclesiis benedicite Dominum Deum,

    • Ps. Th. 67,
      • 24.

  • Hí hýndon and hergedon Godes cyrican

    they oppressed and harried God's church,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 6;
    • S. 476,
      • 21.

  • Crist getimbrode ða gástlícan cyrcan, ná mid deádum stánum ac mid lybbendum sáwlum

    Christ built the spiritual [lit. ghostly] church, not with dead stones but with living souls,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 580,
      • 12.
a church, the material structure; ecclesia
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  • Ðǽr wæs cyrice geworht

    a church was built there,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 7;
    • S. 479, 6: 1,
      • 26;
    • S. 487,
      • 42.

  • Wæs cirice gehálgod

    a church was consecrated,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3291
      • ;
    • An. 1648
      • .

  • Ðæt seó cyrce afealle

    that the church may f all down,

    • Homl. Th. i. 70,
      • 27.

  • Godes cyrce is úre gebédhús

    God's church is our prayer-house,

    ii.
    • 584,
      • 3.

  • Circe

    ecclesia,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 107
      • ;
    • Som. 78,
      • 82;
    • Wrt. Voc. 57,
      • 58.

  • Awriten mid ðám bródrum ðære cyricean æt Lindesfarena

    written by the brethren of the church at Lindesfarne,

    • Bd. pref
      • ;
    • S. 472,
      • 39.

  • Nim úre cyrcan máðmas

    take our church's treasures,

    • Homl. Th. i. 418, 14,
      • 17.

  • Nis ná alýfed ðæt ðæs mynstres hláford sylle ðære cyrcean land to óðre cyrcean

    non licet monasterii domino terram ecclesiæ alii assignare ecclesiæ,

    • L. Ecg. P. A. 25
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 236, 15,
      • 16.

  • Ceadwala cining wæs gebyrged innan Sc̃e Petres cyrican

    king Ceadwalla was buried in St. Peter's church [at Rome ],

    • Chr. 688
      • ;
    • Erl. 43,
      • 7.

  • Hí on cyrican in Eoferwícceastre bebyrigde wǽron

    they were buried in the church at York,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 14;
    • S. 518,
      • 2.

  • Æðelbyrht cyning on cyricean ðara eádigra apostola Petrus and Paulus bebyriged wæs

    king Æthelbert was buried in the church of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul,

    • 2,
      • 5;
    • S. 506,
      • 22.

  • On eorþlícere cyrcan líþ stán ofer stáne

    in an earthly church stone lies over stone,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 582, 17: i. 453, 2: 504, 8: 506, 11,
      • 18.

  • Se Cénwalh hét atimbrian ða cyrican on Wintan-ceastre

    Cenwalh commanded the church at Winchester to be built,

    • Chr. 641
      • ;
    • Erl. 27,
      • 13.

  • Eádwine cyning wæs gefullod fram Pauline ðam bisceope on Eoferwícceastre, ðý hálgestan Eásterdæge, on sancti Petres cyricean ðæs apostoles, ðá he ðǽr hræde geweorce of treówe cyricean getimbrede, syððan he gecristnad wæs . . . and sóna ðæs ðe he gefullad wæs, he ongan, mid ðæs bisceopes láre, máran cyrican and hýhran stǽnene timbrian, and wyrcean ymb ða cyrican útan ðe he ǽr worhte

    king Edwin was baptized by bishop Paulinus on the most holy Easter day, in the church of St. Peter the apostle at Fork, when he had there built a church of wood, with hasty work, after he was christened. . . and soon after he was baptized, he began, by the bishop's advice, to build a larger and higher church of stone, and to construct it about the church which he had formerly wrought,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 14;
    • S. 517, 22-30: Chr. 626
      • ;
    • Erl. 23,
      • 40;
    • 25, 2: Bd. 2,
      • 3;
    • S. 504, 23, 27: 2,
      • 14;
    • S. 518, 18: 2,
      • 16;
    • S. 519,
      • 22.

  • Hió cirican getimbrede, tempel Drihtnes, on Caluarie

    she built a church, a temple of the Lord, on Calvary,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2014
      • ;
    • El. 1008
      • .

  • Se hét ciricean getimbran, Godes tempel

    he commanded a church to be built, a temple of God,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3265
      • ;
    • An. 1635
      • .

  • Hí ðǽrofer cyrcan arǽrdon and weofod

    they raised a church and altar thereover,

    • Homl. Th. i. 506, 15, 19, 25,
      • 35.

  • Ne wǽron cyrican getimbrede

    churches were not built,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 14;
    • S. 518,
      • 16.

  • Ða menigfealdan cyrcan ateoriaþ

    the manifold churches will decay,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 582,
      • 6.

  • Ða cyrcean, ðe beóþ fram ðám bisceopum gehálgode, sceolon mid hálig wætere beón geondstrédde

    ecclesiæ, ab episcopis illis consecratæ, aqua benedicta debent aspergi,

    • L. Ecg. P. A. 5
      • ;
    • Th. 232,
      • 20.

  • On éhtnysse Godes cyrcena

    in the persecution of God's churches,

    • Bd. l,
      • 6;
    • S. 476,
      • 22.

  • On ðám lácum geleáfsumra ðe hí toGodes cyricum bringaþ

    of the gifts of the faithful which they bring to God's churches,

    • 1,
      • 27;
    • S. 488,
      • 39.

  • On Cristes cyrican ða ðe on Brytene wǽron

    in Christ's churches which were in Britain,

    • 1,
      • 8;
    • S. 479,
      • 26.

  • Constantínus hét ðæt man cyricean timbrede, and ðæt man belúce ǽlc deófulgyldhús

    Constantine ordered churches to be built, and every heathen temple to be closed,

    • Ors. 6,
      • 30;
    • 605. 127, 36: Bd. 1,
      • 8;
    • S. 479, 22,
      • .

  • Maximian, árleás cyning, cwealde cristne men, circan fylde

    Maximian, the wicked emperor, slew Christian men, overthrew churches,

      Exon. 65b; Th. 243, 4; Jul. 5.

  • On ðison geáre barn Cristes cyre in this year [A. D. 1066]

    Christchurch [Canterbury] was burnt,

    • Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 202,
      • 1.

  • Cyrice weard, cyrce weard

    a warden of a church,

    • 1043
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 33: 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 207,
      • 33.

  • In ðæare cyrce

    in the church,

    • 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 209,
      • 40.

  • Ða cyrce

    the churches,

    • 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 209,
      • 36.
a heathen temple; templum paganum
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  • Gebletsode Romulus mid ðara sweora blóde ða cyrican

    Romulus consecrated the temples with the blood of their fathers-in-law,

    • Ors. 2,
      • 2;
    • Bos. 41,
      • 7.
Etymology
[
Prompt. chyrche:
Wyc. cherche:
Piers P. kirk:
Chauc. chirche:
R. Glouc. chirches, pl:
Laym. chirche, chireche, f:
Scot. kirk:
Plat. karke, kerke:
O. Sax. kirika, f:
Frs. tjercke:
O. Frs. kerke, sthereke, sziurke, tsiurike, f:
Dut. kerk, f:
Kil. kercke:
Ger. M. H. Ger. kirche, f:
O. H. Ger. kiricha, f:
Dan. kirke, m. f:
Swed. kyrka, f:
Icel. kirkja, f:
Grk. κυριακή [ ὀικία ] the Lord's [house]
.]
Derived forms
cyric-ǽwe, -belle, -bóc, -bót, -bryce, -burh, -dór, -friþ, -fultum, -georn, -geriht, -griþ, -hád, -hálgung, -líc, -mangung, -mitta, -neód, -nyt, -pæþ, -ragu, -réna, -sang, -sangere, -sceat, -sócn, -stíg, -þén, -þénung, -þingere, -tíd, -tún, -wæcce, -wǽd, -wag, -waru, -weard
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v.  cyrce circe cirice.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CYRICE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7213.

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