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cýpan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
cýpan, cípan; ic cýpe, ðú cýpest, cýpst, he cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. cýpaþ; p. cýpte, ðú cýptest, pl. cýpton,cíptun
Wright's OE grammar
§136; §531;
To sell; vendere
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  • Ic wylle cýpan

    volo vendere,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27,
      • 19.

  • Ic cýpe míne þingc

    ego vendo meas res,

    • 26,
      • 33.

  • Hwǽr cýpst ðú fixas ðine

    ubi vendis pisces tuos?

    • 23,
      • 21.

  • Ðú sældest vel cýptest folc ðín

    vendidisti populum tuum,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 43,
      • 14.

  • Sǽde ðám ðe ða culfran cýpton

    dixit his qui columbas vendebant,

    • Jn. Bos. 2,
      • 16.

  • Gáþ to ðám cýpendum and bycgaþ eów ele

    ite ad vendentes et emite vobis oleum,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 9: Gen. 47,
      • 20.
Etymology
[
Prompt.chepyn ' licitari:
Chauc. chepe to buy, market:
Piers P. chepen to buy:
Scot. coup to buy and sell:
Plat. kopen , köpen to buy:
O. Sax. kópón to bargain:
Frs. keapjen:
O. Frs. kapia to buy:
Dut. koopen to buy:
Ger. kaufen:
M. H. Ger. koufen:
O. H. Ger. koufén , koufón mercari:
Goth. kaupon to bargain:
Dan. kjöbe to buy:
Swed. köpa to buy:
Icel. kaupa, p. keypti to bargain
.]
Derived forms
be-cýpan, ge-, ceápian
Linked entries
v.  be-cýpan cípan cíptun.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cýpan.” 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/7172.

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