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cyst

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §390; §563;
choice, election; optio, electio
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  • Ic ðé cyst abeád

    I have offered thee a choice,

    • Cd. 91
      • ;
    • Th. 115,
      • 14;
    • Gen. 1919
      • .

  • Ðonne beóþ gesomnad, on ða swíðran hond, ða clǽnan folc, Criste sylfum gecorene bi cystum

    then shall be assembled, on the right hand, the pure people, chosen by election by Christ himself,

    • Exon. 25b
      • ;
    • Th. 75,
      • 19;
    • Cri. 1224: Ps. Th. 64,
      • 4.
with gen. pl. What is chosen; æstimatio
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  • Írena cyst

    what is chosen of swords,

    • Beo. Th. 1350
      • ;
    • B. 673: 1609
      • ;
    • B. 802: 3398
      • ;
    • B. 1697
      • .

  • Wǽpna cyst

    what is chosen of weapons,

    • 3123
      • ;
    • B. 1559
      • .

  • Symbla cyst

    what is chosen of feasts,

    • 2469
      • ;
    • B. 1232
      • .

  • Him gewát Abraham eástan eágum wlítan on landa [MS. lande] cyst

    Abraham departed from the east to look with his eyes on what is chosen of lands [Canaan ],

    • Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 107,
      • 26;
    • Gen. 1795
      • .

  • Wedera cyst

    what is chosen of weathers,

    • 191
      • ;
    • Th. 238,
      • 6;
    • Dan. 350
      • .

  • Sancta Hierusalem, cynestóla cyst

    holy Jerusalem, what is chosen of royal thrones,

    • Exon. 8b
      • ;
    • Th. 4,
      • 11;
    • Cri. 51
      • .

  • Folgoþa cyst

    what is chosen of services,

    • 13b
      • ;
    • Th. 24,
      • 27;
    • Cri. 391
      • .

  • Godwebba cyst, ðæs temples segl

    what is chosen of textures, the veil of the temple,

    • 24b
      • ;
    • Th. 70,
      • 8;
    • Cri. 1135
      • .

  • Eardríca cyst

    what is chosen of habitations [the garden of Eden ],

    45 a;
    • Th. 153,
      • 14;
    • Gú. 825
      • .

  • Eardwíca cyst what is chosen of dwellings, 98a; Th. 366, 21; Reb. 15, Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle

    I will relate what is chosen of dreams,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 1
      • ;
    • Kr. 1
      • .

  • Burga cyst, Róm

    what is chosen of cities, Rome,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1,
      • 35;
    • Met. 1,
      • 18.
excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness; præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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  • Þiónde on eallum cystum and cræftum

    flourishing in all excellencies and virtues,

    • Bt. 38,
      • 5;
    • Fox 206, 23: Exon. 79b
      • ;
    • Th. 299,
      • 22;
    • Crä. 106
      • .

  • Hí héton heom seggan ðæs landes cysta

    they bade them be told of the excellencies of the land,

    • Chr. 449
      • ;
    • Erl. 12,
      • 6.

  • Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrde cystum eald

    a wise father, old in excellencies, taught his dear son,

    • Exon. 80a
      • ;
    • Th. 300,
      • 7;
    • Fä. 2
      • .

  • Wénaþ menn ðæt he hit dó for cystum [kystum MS.]

    men think that he does it for virtue,

    • Past. 20,
      • 1;
    • Hat. MS. 29a,
      • 27.

  • Ðæt ðú ðíne cysta cýðe

    that than mayest shew thy virtues,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 46
      • .

  • Cystum gód

    good in virtues,

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 199,
      • 6;
    • Edw. 23: Beo. Th. 1738
      • ;
    • B. 867: 1850
      • ;
    • B. 923
      • .

  • Seó gitsung gedéþ gitseras láðe, and ða cysta gedóþ ða leóftǽle

    covetousness makes misers loathsome, and munificence makes them estimable,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 38,
      • 16.

  • Hú me cynegóde cystum dohten

    how the noble munificently treated me,

    • Exon. 85b
      • ;
    • Th. 322,
      • 1;
    • Wíd. 56
      • .

  • Þurh Godes micclan cyste

    through the great goodness of God,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 468,
      • 14.

  • For his micclan ciste

    of his great goodness,

    • Ælfc. T. 9,
      • 1.
Etymology
[
Laym. custe manner, quality:
O. Sax. kust, f. choice:
Frs. O. Frs. kest, f. choice:
Ger. kurst = kur, f. election:
M. H. Ger. kust, f. manner of choosing:
O. H. Ger. kust, f. æstimatio, electio, virtus:
Goth. ga-kusts, f. what has been tried, a trial, kustus, m. examination:
Icel. kostr, m. trial, choice
.]
Derived forms
gum-cyst, hilde-cyst, un-cyst
Linked entries
v.  wyn.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cyst.” 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/7274.

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