cyrc-weard
- noun [ masculine ]
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Cyrcweardes þénung
a churchwarden's duty,
- Greg. Dial. 1, 5.
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Æðelstán cyric-weard [MS. -wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne
Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at Abingdon,
- Chr. 1044 ;
- Th. 300, 26.
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Cyrcweard
sacri scriniarius,
- Ælfc. Gl. 114 ;
- Som. 80, 23;
- Wrt. Voc. 61, 4.
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Cyrcwerd
ædituus,
- R. Conc. 1.
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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron
the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were,
- Homl. Th. i. 452, 2.
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Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten
there was a sacristan called Yware,
- Chr. 1070 ;
- Erl. 207, 33.
Bosworth, Joseph. “cyrc-weard.” 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/7192.
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