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cýpa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp
].
a factor, merchant, trader; negotiator, mercator
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  • Ðá ðǽr fóron Madianisce cýpan

    then there passed Midianitish merchants,

    • Gen. 37,
      • 28.

  • Cýpa

    mercator,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140,
      • 38.

  • Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon

    these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life,

    • Homl. Th. i. 580,
      • 19.

  • Drihten adrǽfde ðillíce cýpan of ðam hálgan temple

    the Lord drove such chapmen from the holy temple,

    • 406,
      • 24.
what a merchant has his goods in, — A basket; cofĭnus = κόφινος
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  • Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle

    sublatum est quod superfuit illis, fragmentorum cophĭni [ κόφινοι ] duodecim,

    • Lk. Bos. 9,
      • 17.
Etymology
[
Scot. couper, coper one who buys and sells:
O. Frs. kapere, m. a purchaser:
Dut. kooper, m:
Ger. käufer, m:
M. H. Ger. koufer, m:
O. H. Ger. koufári, m:
Dan. kjöber:
Swed. köpare, m:
Lat. caupo a merchant:
Grk.κάπηλος one who sells provisions:
Lith. kupczus mercator
.]
Derived forms
mynet-cýpa
Linked entries
v.  cépa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cýpa.” 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/7171.

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