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ceosel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ceosel, m.
Gravel, shingle.Add:
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  • Cisal

    glarea,

      Txts. 64, 461.
  • Hé sang his gebedu on sǽlicere ýðe, ... and syððan his cneówa on ðám ceosle gebígde ... Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle,

      Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14.
  • Þæs weres líc tó þám strande becóm, ... and on þám ceosole gelæg,

      Hml. S. 37, 271.
  • Ceoslum

    glareis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 39: An. Ox. 2, 287.
  • Cyslum, 2879:4102.
  • Ceoslas glareas, 2, 51: 7, 96. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g. Cysel-hyrst

    Chiselhurst

    v.
      C. D. vi. 269.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. chesil.]
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v. stán-ceosel.
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