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cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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a KERNEL, grain; nucleus, granum Men geseóþ oft ðæt of ánum lytlum cyrnele cymþ micel treów; ac we ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne bogas, ne leáf; ac God forþtíhþ of ðam cyrnele treów, and wæstmas, and leáf men often see

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cyrnel

Similar entry: hnut-cyrnel

cyrnel

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Hnutu avilina, cyrnel nuclium, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 26. Cyrnel nucleus, cyrnlas nucli, ii. 60, 26, 25. Cirnlas nucli, 115, 6. a kernel in the neck, a tonsil; a glandular swelling Cirnel glandula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 80: 41, 1. Cyrnel tolia, i. 289, 62.

hnut-cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-cyrnel, es; m. n.

A nut kernel

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A nut kernel Genim hnutcyrnla, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 34, 19

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æppel-cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-cyrnel, es; n.

A pomegranatemalogranatummalum Punicum

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A pomegranate; malogranatum, malum Punicum, Cot. 128

æppel-cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-cyrnel, es; n.

An apple-pip

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Substitute: An apple-pip Æppelcyrnlu mala granata (the glosser seems to have read this as = pips of apples, instead of = apples with pips; cf. the more correct gloss in Hpt. Gl. 496, 60 (v. under æppel )), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 43

-cyrnod

(suffix)
Grammar
-cyrnod, -cyrnad.

CYRTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A

KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat palla, tunica

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KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat; palla, tunica Cyrtel vel oferbrǽdels palla, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 86; Wrt. Voc. 16, 56. Ic gean sancte Æðelþryþe ánes wullenan cyrtles [kyrtles MS.] I give to saint Æthelthryth one woollen kirtle, Cod. Dipl. 782; A

cyrfel

(n.)
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In l. 2 read sagul for stigul

cyrfel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrfel, es; m. [cyrf a cutting off]

A little stake, a pegpaxillus

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A little stake, a peg; paxillus Cyrfel vel litel stigul [ = sticel?] paxillus, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 46; Wrt. Voc. 26, 45

cyrten

(adj.)
Grammar
cyrten, adj.

Beautiful, elegantvenustus

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Beautiful, elegant; venustus Hlísful and cyrten famous and beautiful, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 29. Ful cyrtenu ceorles dóhtor a churl's very beautiful daughter, Exon. 106b; Th. 407, 16; Rä. 26, 6

cyrten

(n.)
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decoration, ornament Cyrten crustus (cf. crustu, i. ornatu frætwunge, 25, 8: crustu glenge, An. Ox. 7, 370: 8, 371), Wrt. Voc ii. 137, 24. v. next word. (?)

cyrten

(adj.)
Grammar
cyrten, adj.
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Add: comely in person Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor . . . þonne se man gewilnað þæt hé sý cyrten, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó duste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29. Heó ( Esther ) wæs on wæstme cyrten, Hml. A. 95, 99

cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ecclesia

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A church; ecclesia Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf bund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette the church with her porch could easily contain in its space five hundred men, Homl. Th. i. 508, 13: ii. 584, 3: 592, 22, Cyrcan duru a church's door, i.

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cyrse

(n.)
Grammar
cyrse, an; f.

Cress nasturtium

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Cress; nasturtium, Lacn. 89; Lchdm. iii. 58, 22

cyrde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cyrde, pl. cyrdon turned, returned, Lk. Bos. 14, 21: Jn. Bos. 6, 66; p.
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of cyrran

cyren

(n.)

must, wine boiled downdulcisapa

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must, wine boiled down; dulcisapa Awilled wín vel cyren dulcisapa, Cot. 62

cyrse

Grammar
cyrse, cherry.

Similar entry: cirse

-cyrge

(suffix)
Grammar
-cyrge, -cyrging.

cyre

(n.)
Grammar
cyre, es; m. [ceósan to choose] Choice, free choice, free will; electio, hærĕsis = αἵρεσις , optio, arbitrium
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Cyre [MS. kyre] hæresis, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 84; Wrt. Voc. 16, 55. Cyre optio, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 146, 52. God forgeaf him ágenne eyre, forðanðe ðæt is rihtwísnys ðæt gehwylcum sý his ágen cyre geþafod God gave them their own free will, for it is