CILD
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§96;
§311;
§420;
§562;
A CHILD, infant; infans, puer
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Arís and nim ðæt cild
surge et accipe puerum,
- Mt. Bos. 2, 13, 14 .
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Ðæt cild wixþ and gewurþ eft cnapa and eft syððan cniht
the child grows, and then becomes a boy, and afterwards a young man,
- Hom. Sax .
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Þurh cildes hád
in the state of childhood,
- Exon. 65a ;
- Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639 .
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Eálá cild, hú eów lícaþ ðeós spæc
O pueri, quomodo vobis placet ista locutio?
- Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7 .
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Eálá ge cildra
O pueri,
- 35, 33 .
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Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan
to be with child,
- Bd. Whelc. 487, 22 .
Etymology
Chauc. Laym. Orm. child:
O. Sax. O. Frs. kind, n:
Ger. kind, n:
M. H. Ger. kint, n:
O. H. Ger. kind, kint, n. proles:
Goth. kilþei, f. fætus:
Icel. kind, f.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “CILD.” 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/6138.
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