wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990
cine-líc
Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate ⬩ congruus, cornpetens
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Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a
Cippan-ham
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.
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circ-nyt
Church-duty or service ⬩ ecclesiæ 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
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Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire; Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi Hie genámon iii ceastra Gleawanceaster, and Cirenceaster [Cyrenceaster, col. 2, 3], and Baðanceaster they took three cities, Gloucester, and Cirencester, and Bath, Chr. 577; Th
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cist-mǽlum
earnestly ⬩ certatim
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earnestly; certatim, Som. Ben. Lye
cíþ-fæst
Rooted, growing ⬩ radicatus, crescens
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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he hí wæteraþ óþ-ðæt hí beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26
cild-cradol
A child's cradle ⬩ cunabula
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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-geong
Young as a child ⬩ infans
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Young as a child; infans. Andr. Kmbl. 1369; An. 685
cild-isc
CHILDISH, puerile ⬩ puerilis
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CHILDISH, puerile; puerilis Cildisc wesan to be childish, Cd. 106; Th. 139, 32; Gen. 2318
cild-sung
Childishness ⬩ puerilitas
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Childishness; puerilitas, Som. Ben. Lye
Cilt-ern
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
for-cinnan
To repudiate ⬩ rejĭcĕre
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To repudiate; rejĭcĕre Hine forcinnaþ ða cyrican ge tunas the churches as well as houses shall repudiate him, Salm. Kmbl. 215; Sal. 107
fóster-cild
A FOSTER-CHILD ⬩ ălumnus
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A FOSTER-CHILD; ălumnus. Wrt. Voc. 72, 39
hrægel-cist
A clothes-chest ⬩ trunk
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A clothes-chest, trunk Án hræglcysð one clothes-chest, Chart. Th. 538, 20
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hyse-cild
A male child
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A male child Ǽlc hysecild betwux eów beó ymbsniden circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum, Gen. 17, 10. Gif hit hysecild byþ si masculus fuerit, Ex. 1, 16. Hyscild mas, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 22; Wrt. Voc. 50, 6. Beó hit hysecild beó hit mǽdencild sit
mǽg-cild
A young kinsman
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A young kinsman Hine áhsode hwǽr hé his mǽgcildum cumen hæfde ðe hé him forstolen hæfde asked him what he had done with his young kinsmen (cousins) whom he had stolen away from him, Lchdm. iii. 424, 37. Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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A female child, girl Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate, Ex. 1, 16. Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm
mæst-cist
The hole in which the mast is fixed
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The hole in which the mast is fixed Mest malus: mastcyst modius. Wrt. Voc. 63, 48, 49. Mæstcyst modius, ii. 59, 27. ['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]