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CYLL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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  • Gesomnigende swá swá on cylle wætera sǽs

    congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 32,
      • 7.

  • Ðas cylle

    istum utrem,

    • Greg. Dial. 3,
      • 37.

  • Swá ðú on hríme setest hlance cylle

    sicut uter in pruina,

    • Ps. Th. 118,
      • 83.

  • Flaxe oððe cylle

    asscopa [= ascopēra ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 56,
      • 27;
    • Wrt. Voc. 17,
      • 32.

  • Æmtige cillan vacuum utrem: ða cillan

    istum utrem,

    • Greg. Dial. 3,
      • 37.

  • Gefylde he ðære cyrcan cyllan

    implevit lampades ecclesiæ,

    • 1,
      • 5.

  • He gegaderode eall sǽwætru tosomne, swylce hí wǽron on ánum cylle

    congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris,

    • Ps. Th. 32,
      • 6.

  • Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes

    the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood,

    • Ors. 2,
      • 4;
    • Bos. 45,
      • 34.

  • Se ðe fæstne hider cylle [MS. kylle] brohte. . . gif hwelc þyrelne cylle [kylle MS.] brohte to ðys burnan who has brought hither a water-tight bottle . . .

    if any has brought to this spring a leaky bottle,

    • Past. 65
      • ;
    • Hat. MS
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. kyllir , m. a bag or pouch
.]
Derived forms
stór-cylle, -cille
Linked entries
v.  celle cille ciellan cille.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CYLL.” 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/7078.

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