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CÍÞ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.
a young shoot of a herb or tree, a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote; germen, festuca
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  • Swá dropan ofer gærsa cíþas

    quasi stillæ super graminum germina,

    • Deut. 32, 2
    • .
  • Forhwí ǽlc sǽd to cíþum and wyrtrumum weorþe

    why should every seed turn to germs and roots?

    • Bt. 34, 10
    • ;
    • Fox 148, 32
    • .
  • On eallum cedrum cíþ alǽded [MS. cuþ, ciiþ = cíþ alædeð]

    the germ formed on all cedar trees,

    • Ps. Th. 148, 9
    • .
  • Eall eorþan cíþ

    every shoot of the earth,

    • 103, 12
    • .
  • Se snáw bewríhþ wyrta cíþ

    the snow covers the germ of herbs,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 605
    • ;
    • Sal. 302
    • .
  • Seó eorþe cýþ mid hire cíþum, ðæt se tíma is geáres anginn

    the earth makes known by her plants, that the time is the beginning of the year,

    • Homl. Th. i. 100, 16
    • .
  • Forst sceal lúcan eorþan cíþas

    frost shall lock up the germs of the earth,

    • Exon. 90a
    • ;
    • Th. 338, 7
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 75
    • .
  • Genim wegbrǽdan þrý cýþas

    take three sprouts of plantain,

    • Herb. 2, 14
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 84, 14
    • .
  • Ðú meaht gesión lytelne cíþ on ðínes bróður eágan

    thou canst see a little mote in thy brother's eye,

    • Past. 33, 6
    • ;
    • Cot. MS. 42b, 32
    • .
  • Se smala cíþ

    the small mote,

    • 33, 6
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 43a, 2, 3
    • .
  • Cunna hwæðer ðú mǽge adón ðone cíþ of ðínes bróður eágan

    try if thou canst remove the mote from thy brother's eye,

    • 33, 6
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 43a, 6
    • .
seed; crementum
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  • Cýþ

    crementum,

    • Glos. Brux. Recd. 38, 7
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 64, 16
    • .
  • Cíþ, vel weres sǽd crementum, vel hominis semen vel

    crementum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 74
    • ;
    • Som. 71, 73
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44, 55
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. kíð, m:
O. H. Ger. kídi, n.
]
Derived forms
gærs-cíþ
Linked entries
v.  cýþ corcíþ.
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  • CÍÞ, n.