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COS

  • noun [ masculine ]
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COS, coss, es; m.
A Kiss; osculum
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  • Cos

    osculum

    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 44.

  • Ic hine to mínum cosse arǽrde

    I raised him to my kiss

    • Homl. Th. ii. 32, 11.

  • Coss ðú me ne sealdest

    osculum mihi nan dedisti

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 45.

  • Mannes sunu ðú mid cosse sylst

    osculo filium hominis tradis

    • 22, 48.

  • Betwux ðám cossum

    between the kisses

    • Homl. Th. i. 566, 19.

  • Cossas syllan hearm getácnaþ

    to give kisses betokens harm

    • Lchdm. iii. 208, 27.
Etymology
Wyc. cos, coss, cosse
Laym. coss
Plat. kuss
O. Sax. kus, m.
O. Frs. kos, m.
Dut. Kil. kus, m.
Ger. kuss, m.
M. H. Ger. kus, m.
O. H. Ger. kus, m.
Dan. kys, n.
Swed. kyss, m.
Icel. koss, m.
Wel. cusan, m.
Corn. cussin, m.
Sansk. kus to embrace
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Bosworth, Joseph. “COS.” 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/6601.

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