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cild-fostre

(n.)
Grammar
cild-fostre, -festre, an; f.

A child-fosterer, nursenutrix

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A child-fosterer, nurse; nutrix Mót he habban mid him his cildfostran [-festran, Roff.] debet habere secum nutricem infantis sui, L. In. 64; Wilk. 25, 4

cild-cradol

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cradol, es; m.

A child's cradlecunabula

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A child's cradle; cunabula, pl. Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 23. On cildcradole in a child's cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 29

cild-sung

(n.)
Grammar
cild-sung, e; f.

Childishnesspuerilitas

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Childishness; puerilitas, Som. Ben. Lye

cild-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cláþ, es; n.

A child-cloth, a swaddling-clothinfantilis pannus

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A child-cloth, a swaddling-cloth; infantilis pannus Hine mid cildcláðum bewand pannis eum involvit, Lk. Bos. 2, 7

cild-hama

(n.)
Grammar
cild-hama, an; m.

The womb matrix, uterus

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The womb; matrix, uterus, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 57; Wrt. Voc. 44, 39

cíp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cíp-lic, adj.
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17

cíd

(n.)
Grammar
cíd, cýd, es; m?

Strife, chiding, contentioncontentio, jurgium, rixa

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Strife, chiding, contention; contentio, jurgium, rixa, Somn. 305

cin

(n.)

a kindgenus

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a kind; genus

ció

(n.)

a chough, sort of crowcornicula

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a chough, sort of crow; cornicula, Wrt. Voc. 281, 2

cim

Similar entry: cimb-stán

cin

(n.)
Grammar
cin, cinn, es; n. (not f.).
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Cin mentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 40. Cinn, ii. 56, 25. Cinne mento, Lch. i. lxx, 5. Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add

cíd

(n.)
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strife Æfest and gecíd (geflit and cíd, v. l. ), Lch. ii. 168, 17

-cin

(suffix)
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diminutive suffix, v. (?) þyrn-cin

cís

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Add: fastidious, squeamish þe lǽs hit seócmódum bróðrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan ut infirmis mentibus non uertatur in nausiam, Chrd. 23, 9

circ-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
circ-nyt, -nytt, e; f. [nyt duty, service]

Church-duty or serviceecclesiæ ministerium vel officium

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Church-duty or service; ecclesiæ ministerium vel officium Sum cræft hafaþ circnytta fela one has skill in many church-services, Exon. 79b; Th. 298, 27; Crä. 91

Linked entry: cyric-nyt

eóred-cist

(n.)
Grammar
eóred-cist, eórod-cist, -cyst, -cest, -ciest, e; f. [eóred a band, troop ; cist a company]

A company, troopturma, lĕgio

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A company, troop; turma, lĕgio Wesseaxe eórod-cistum [eoredcystum, Th. 202, 28, col. 2 ; 203, 28] on lást legdun láðum þeódum the West-Saxons in troops followed the footsteps of the hostile nations, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 28, col. I. Eóredcystum in troops

cíp-strǽt

Grammar
cíp-strǽt, v. cýp-strǽt
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in Dict., and cf. ceáp-strǽt

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A. D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

cin-bán

(n.)
Grammar
cin-bán, es; n.

The CHIN-BONEmandibula, mentum

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The CHIN-BONE; mandibula, mentum Cin-bán man-dibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14. Cin-bán mentum, Text. Rof. 40, 1. Se ðe cin-bán forslæhþ, mid xx scillingum forgelde let him who breaks the chin-bone pay for it with twenty shillings,

Cilt-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Cilt-ern, es; n. [ceald cold, ærn place]

The CHILTERN

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The CHILTERN, high hills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took