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cyrlisc

(adj.)

rustic, rural rusticus

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rustic, rural; rusticus, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6, note 8, B

cyrse

(n.)
Grammar
cyrse, an; f.

Cress nasturtium

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

CYRTEL

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

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

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Lind.] nolite possidere neque duas tunicas, 10, 10; nyl ȝe welden nether two cootis, Wyc: Lfc. Lind. War. 3, 11. Berenne cyrtel [kyrtel MS.] a bear-skin vest, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 38

cýs-lyb

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-lyb, cýs-lybb, es ; pl. nom. acc. -lybbu ; n. [cýse cheese, lyb, lib a drug]

Cheese-drug, rennet or runnetcasei coagulum

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Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet; casei coagulum Haran cýslybb syle drincan ðam wífe give the woman a hare's runnet to drink, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 14; Lchdm. i. 346, 4. Ða meolc geren mid cýslybbe turn the milk with rennet, Lchdm. iii. 18, 11. Cýslybbu coagula

Linked entries: cése-lib lybb

cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election optio, electio æstimatio excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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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.

Linked entry: wyn

CÝÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÝÞ, cýþþ,e; f.

knowledge notitia, cognitio, scientia relation, relationship, KITHfamiliaritas, munusa known land, native country, region, situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio

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S. 72; Th. i. 414, 17. a known land, native country, region, place; situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio Ðis is mín ágen cýþ this is my own country, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 98; Met. 24, 49.

Linked entry: cýððu

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Gesǽton land unspédigran ðonne se frumstól wæs, ðe hie, æfter dǽde, ofadrifen wurdon they inhabited a land more barren than the first settlement was, which they, after their deed, were driven from, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 15; Gen. 964.

Linked entry: dyd

cweodo

(n.)

a cud, quid,

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a cud, quid, L. M. 2, 14; Lchdm. ii. 192, 6

cweþ ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweþ ðú, say thou, cweðe he let him say, cweðaþ, cweðe ge say ye, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 9: Gen. 50, 19; impert.
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of cweðan

cweðst

Grammar
cweðst, sayest, speakest, Ps. Lamb. 87, 11;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Lamb. fol. 199a. 25: 202a, 27

cwic-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-ǽht, cwyc-ǽht , e; f. [ǽht cattle]

Live stock, cattle pecus

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B.] let amends be made in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 ; Th. i. 72, 12

Linked entries: ǽht cwyc-ǽht

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass gramen

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Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8. Genim cwican take quitch, L.

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick vivus

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G.] feoh wǽre if it were live cattle, L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 52, 1. Ǽlc þing ðe cucu byþ everything which is alive;animal, Wrt. Voc. 78, 50. Ic hæfde ferþ cwicu I had a soul alive, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 21; Rä. 73, 5.

cwide

(n.)
Grammar
cwide, cwyde , cwyðe,es; m.

the expression of a thought, a sentence, period sententia a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum a legal enactment, decree edictum, deretum

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Swá úre ealra cwide is as is the decree of us all, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 5: L. C. S. 33; Th. i. 396, 19

cwuda

(n.)

a cud, quid

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a cud, quid L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 178, 26: 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 28

cwyc-ǽht

(n.)

live stock

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live stock On cwycǽhturn in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 Th. 1, 72, 12, note 28

CUPPE

(n.)
Grammar
CUPPE, an; f.

A small drinking vessel, CUP poculum, obba

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Nime áne cuppan let him take a cup, L. M. 2, 64 ; Lchdm. ii. 290, 2: Lchdm. iii. 72, 17: Cod. Dipl. 492; Kmbl. ii. 380, 35. Ic ge-an mínum hláforde iv cuppan I give four cups to my lord, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 24

Linked entry: copp

cú-tægel

(n.)
Grammar
cú-tægel, cú-tægl , es ; m.

A cow's tailvaccæ cauda

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A cow's tail; vaccæ cauda Cútægl biþ fíf penega weorþ a cow's tail shall be worth five pence, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 3, MS. B

cúþe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþe-líc, cúþ-líc; adj.

Known, certainnotus, Som. Ben. Lye

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Lye