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ciric-sócn

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Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, Ll.

circe-weard

(n.)
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circe-weard, es; m.

A churchwardenecclesiæ custos

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A churchwarden; ecclesiæ custos, Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 12

circe-wíca

(n.)
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circe-wíca, an; m.

A church-dwelling, sacristysacrarium

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A church-dwelling, sacristy; sacrarium To ðe circewícan to the sacristy, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 13

ciric-friþ

(n.)

church-peace

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church-peace, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 5

feld-ciric

(n.)
Grammar
feld-ciric, e; f. -circe, an; f.

A field-churchcountry churchcampestris ecclēsia

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A field-church, country church; campestris ecclēsia Feldcirice griþbryce is, ðǽr legerstów ne sig, mid þrittigum scillingum the 'grith-bryce' of a field-church, where there is no burial-place, is thirty shillings, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21. Æt feld-circan

ciric-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-bóc, a church-book, Wlfst. 171, 8. v. cyric-bóc
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in Dict

ciric-dór

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ciric-dór, l.
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-dor

ciric-friþ

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ciric-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-gang, es; m.
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Church-going, churching of a woman Oþ cyricgange sc̃a Marian usque ad purificationem Sanctae Mariae, Angl. xiii. 399, 484

ciric-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-gemána, an; m.
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Church-communion, membership of a church Sume men sculan of cyricgemánan áscádene weorðan for synnan, eal swá Adam wearð of engla gemánan, Wlfst. 103, 23

ciric-griþ

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ciric-hád

(n.)
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ciric-hád, es; m.
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Ecclesiastical order, holy order Sind on ánum háde se biscop and se mæssepreóst, ꝥ is on ðám seofoðan ciricháde, Ll. Th. ii. 378, 14. For þám seofon cirichádan (cyriclicum ande*-*byrdnyssum, v. l. ) þe se mæssepreóst geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde, i. 182, 15

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ciric-hata

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hata, an; m.
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An enemy of the church, a persecutor Lá, hwæt fremað cyrichatan crístendóm on unnyt; for ðám ǽlc þǽra bið Godes feónd þe bið Godes cyrcena feónd, Wlfst. 67, 18. Godes wiðersacan and cyrichatan hetole, 164, 11. Cyrchatan and sácerdbanan, 298, 14

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ciric-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hyll, a hill near a church (?) or on which a church stands (?) [Churchill occurs several times in England as a local name; cf. Icel. Kirkju-fell.]
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Of cirichylle . . . on cirichylle, C. D. B. ii. 394, 30, 39

ciric-þing

(n.)
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ciric-þing, es; n.
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An article belonging to a church Gif preóst on circan ungedafenlice þingc gelógige, gebéte ꝥ. Gif preóst ciricþingc útige, gebéte ꝥ, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 12-14

ciric-griþ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-griþ, cyric-griþ; es; n.

Church-peace, right of sanctuaryecclesiæ pax

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Church-peace, right of sanctuary; ecclesiæ pax Stande ǽlc ciiicgriþ [cyric- MS. A.] swá swá hit betst stód let every church-peace stand as it has best stood, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 25: L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 20. Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá abrece

Linked entry: cyric-griþ

ciric-belle

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Of ciricbellum drincan, Lch. ii. 14, 6. Add

ciric-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ciric-georn, adj.
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Diligent in attending church Beó circgeorn, and þé þǽr georne tó Gode bide and tó allum his hálgum, Wlfst. 290, 8. Beó ciricgeornn tó Godes cyrecan, Angl. xii. 518, 26. v. cyric-georn in Dict

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ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286. Tó

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ciric-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church De dedicatione eclesiae. Ic wylle eów cýðan ymbe cyricmǽrsunge, þæt gé understandan magan hú man cyrican weorþian scyle þe Gode tó wurðmynte gehálgod bið, Wlfst, 277, 10