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cýgan

(v.)
Grammar
cýgan, cýgean

to call, call upon, invoke

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to call, call upon, invoke, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 39: Cd. 141; Th. 176, 9; Gen. 2909: Ps. Spl. 78, 6

Linked entry: cýging

CYLL

(n.)
Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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Gesomnigende swá swá on cylle wætera sǽs congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 7. Ðas cylle istum utrem, Greg. Dial. 3, 37. Swá ðú on hríme setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83. Flaxe oððe cylle asscopa [= ascopēra

Linked entries: celle cille ciellan cille

cyncg

(n.)

a king

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a king L. E. G. pref; Th. i. 166, 3

cýle

(n.)
Grammar
cýle, l.
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cyle. v. cile

cynce

(n.)
Grammar
cynce, (-a?), an; f. (m.?)
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A small bundle, bunch(?) Genim dweorge dwostlan and gyþrifan kyncean ( a bunch of cockle ), Lch. ii. 58, 22

cynnig

(adj.)
Grammar
cynnig, adj.
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Of good family, noble Of cynnigum generosis (natalibus ), An. Ox. 7, 299: 8, 230. Cynningum, æþelum, 4149. Cynnegum, Angl. xiii. 36, 240

cyrc-

(prefix)

Linked entry: þingere

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote. l. cíte, q. v.

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cyme

(n.)
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Add: event, issue Þæs wítedómes sóð se æfterfylgenda cyme þára wísena ( sequens rerum euentus ) geséðde, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 530, 12

cyrf

Similar entry: fel-cyrf

cýta

(n.)
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For buteo. l. butio, which is the form at Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 32

cyre

(n.)
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Cyri (printed cyni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 27) detectum vel electio, Txts. 57, 664. Gyre optio, Germ. 396, 217. Freólicum sylflíces willan cyre ( munus quod) libero spontaneae voluntatis arbitrio (offertur ), An. Ox. 1290.

ǽtor-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
ǽtor-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

The poison-kind ⬩ veneni genus

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The poison-kind; veneni genus Ǽtorcyn gewurdon onwæcned the poison-kinds arose, Salm. Kmbl. 437; Sal. 219

Linked entries: ǽtor átor-cyn

fýr-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

A kind of fire ⬩ igneum gĕnus

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A kind of fire; igneum gĕnus Mycel fýrcyn and mycel bryne a great kind of fire and a great burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 36

Linked entry: cyn

cyngc

(n.)

a king

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a king, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 7

cyld

(n.)
Grammar
cyld, es; n.

Cold, coldness ⬩ frigus

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Cold, coldness; frigus For cylde præ frigŏre, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29

cyld

(n.)
Grammar
cyld, es; n.

A child

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A child, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 6: Mt. Jun. 2, 13, in the title

cylin

(n.)
Grammar
cylin, cyline heorþ a.

kiln ⬩ fornacŭla

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kiln; fornacŭla

cylu

(adj.)

spotted

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spotted Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 92; Wrt. Voc. 46, 49

cymen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cymen, come, Exon. 8b; Th. 5, 8; Cri. 66; pp.
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of cuman

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