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CIN-BERG -- CIRIC-FULTUM. 155

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, L. Ethb. 50; Th. i. 16, 1.

cin-berg, e; f. That part of the helmet which protects the chin; menti protectio :-- Grímhelm gespeón cining, cinberge the king clasped his grim helmet, the protection of his chin, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 28; Exod. 175.

cincg a king, Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 21. v. cyning.

cincung, e; f. A loud or cackling laughter; cachinnatio :-- Ceah-hetung, UNCERTAIN vel cincung cachinnatio, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 86.

cind a kind, nature, v. cynd.

cine, es; m. I. a commander of four men, or a fourth part of an army; quaternio :-- Cine oððe feówer manna ealdor quaternio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 34. II. a sheet of parchment folded into four parts, a quarto sheet; quaternio :-- Cine quaternio, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 108; Wrt. Voc. 46, 65: 75, 10. Bod on cine a command in folded parchment; diploma = GREEK , Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 110; Wrt. Voc. 46, 67.

CÍNE, cýne, an; f. A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna :-- Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81. [Wyc. chyne: Dut. keen, f.]

cine-líc; adj. [cyn fit, suitable] 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 suit, L. Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16.

cinen, cínende gaping; pp. and pres. Part. of cínan.

cing a king, Deut. 11, 3: Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 17. v. cyning.

Cinges tún, es; m. [cinges tún the king's town] KINGSTON; regia villa :-- Æðelstán wæs to cinge æt Cinges túne gehálgod Athelstan was consecrated king at Kingston, Chr. 925; Th. 198, 7, col. 3; 8, col. 2: 979; Th. 234, 9, col. 1; 235, 6, col. 2. v. Cynges tún.

cining a king. Cd. 151; Th. 188, 28. v. cyning.

cín-líc gaping. v. cíne.

cinn, es; n. A kind; genus :-- Fleógende cinn flying kind; volatile, Gen. 1, 20. Creópende cinn creeping kind; reptilia, 1, 24. Æfter his cinne after its kind, 1, 11. v. cyn, cynn.

cinnan, ic cinne, ðú cinnest, he cinneþ, cinniþ, pl. cinnaþ; p. ic, he can, ðú cunne, pl. cunnon; pp. cunnen To generate, procreate; generare, procreare :-- Sorgum cinniþ brings forth with sorrows, Exon. 94b; Th. 354, 28; Reim. 52. From this verb, the p. ic, he can are taken as a present tense. Hence it is called one of the twelve præterito-præsentia, enumerated under ágan. For cúðe the weak p. of cunnan, v. the inf. cunnan. DER. for-cinnan.

cin-tóþ, es; m. A front tooth, grinder; molaris, Prov. 30, Lye.

cínu, e; f. A chink, fissure; rima, fissura :-- Cínu rima vel fissura, Wrt. Voc. 85, 18. Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál dæt ðæ-acute;r nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22. v. cíne, an; f.

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

ciól, es; m. A ship; navis :-- He lét him behindan ciólas nigon and hundnigontig he left behind him ninety-nine ships, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 46; Met. 26, 23. v. ceól.

ciole, an; f. The throat; guttur :-- Sting finger on ciolan thrust a finger into the throat, L. M. 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 5.

ciorian to complain, Ælfc. Gr. 29, MS. D; Som. 33, 52. v. ceorian.

ciorl a rustic, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 12, note 28. v. ceorl.

ciorlisc churlish, rustic, common, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6, note 8. v. ceorlisc.

ciósan to choose, accept, Beo. Th. 4742; B. 2376. v. ceósan.

cípan; p. cípte, pl. cípton, cíptun; pp. cípt To sell; vendere :-- Híg cíptun vendiderunt, Gen. 47, 20. v. cýpan.

cipe, ciepe, an; f. An onion; cæpa, allium cæpe, Lin :-- Cipe an onion, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 24. Genim garleac and cipan take garlic and onion, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 15. Twá cipan oððe þreó gebræ-acute;d on ahsan roast two or three onions in ashes, 1, 69 ; Lchdm. ii. 144, 14.

cipe-leac, es; n. A leek; cipus, Cot. 55.

cipp, es; n? A coulter, ploughshare; dentale :-- Cipp dentale, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 7; Wrt. Voc. 15, 7.

Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham] 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. Hér fór se here to Cirenceastre of Cippanhamme, and sæt ðæ-acute;r án geár in this year [A. D. 879] the army went from Chippenham to Cirencester, and remained there one year, Chr. 879; Erl. 80, 26; 81, 23.

cipresse, an; f. The cypress-tree; cupressus, Som. Ben. Lye. v. cypresse.

cíptun bought, Gen. 47, 20; p. pl. of cípan. v. cýpan.

cir a turn, time :-- Æt ðam fiftan cire at the fifth turn or time, Lchdm. i. 214, 6, MS. B. note 8. v. cirr, cyrr.

circe, an; f. A church; ecclesia = GREEK :-- Circe ecclesia, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 82; Wrt. Voc. 57, 58. We læ-acute;raþ, ðæt man innan circan æ-acute;nigne man ne birige we enjoin that they do not bury any man within a church, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5. v. cyrice.

Circe, Kirke, an; f. Circe the sorceress; Circe, es; f. = GREEK ; f :-- Cyninges dóhtor sió Circe wæs Circe was the king's daughter, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 112; Met. 26, 56.

circe-weard, es; m. A churchwarden; ecclesiæ custos, Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 12. v. cyric-weard.

circe-wíca, an; m. A church-dwelling, sacristy; sacrarium :-- To ðe circewícan to the sacristy, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 13.

circ-líc; adj. [circe a church] Like a church, ecclesiastical; ecclesiasticus :-- Mid circlícum þénungum with ecclesiastical services, Wanl. Catal. 118, 4, col. 2. v. cyric-líc.

circ-nyt, -nytt, e; f. [nyt duty, service] 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.

circol-wyrde, es; m. A calculator, reckoner; computator :-- Feówer síðon syx byþ feówer and twentig: ða syx tída sind genemned þurh ðæra circolwyrda gleáwnysse quadrantes four times six are four-and-twenty: the six hours are called by the wisdom of calculators quadrants, Bridf. 63.

circul, es; m. A circle, the zodiac; circulus, zodiacus = GREEK :-- Ðæ-acute;r ðæs emnihtes circul is geteald where the circle of the equinox is reckoned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 18; Lchdm. iii. 238, 23. Ætýwdan feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan four circles appeared round the sun, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 17. For ðam brádan circule ðe is zodiacus geháten, under ðam circule yrnþ seó sunne on account of the broad circle which is called zodiacus, under which circle the sun runs, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 20, 21; Lchdm. iii. 242, 2. Ðæt heó be-yrne ðone miclan circul zodiacum that she runs through the great circle the zodiac, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 1; Lchdm. iii. 244, 21.

circul-ádl, e; f. Circle-disease, the shingles; zona, circ&i-short;nus :-- Læ-acute;ce-dðmas UNCERTAIN wið ðære ádle ðe mon hæ-acute;t circuládl leechdoms for the disease, which man calls the circle-disease or shingles, L. M. Cont. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 8, 18: L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5.

circul-cræft, es; m. Circle-craft, the zodiac; sphæræ cognitio :-- Sceal on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas shall by circle-craft [or the zodiac] find out holy days, Menol. Fox 134; Men. 67.

cire-bald; adj. Bold in decision; arbitrii strenuus :-- Ðá him cirebaldum Meotud mancynnes módhord onleác then the Lord of mankind unlocked the treasure of words to him bold in decision, Andr. Kmbl. 341; An. 171.

Ciren-ceaster, Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster; gen. ceastre; f. [Asser. Cirrenceastre: Hunt. Cirecestere: Brom. Circestre] 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. 32, 41, col. 1. Æt Cirenceastre [Cyrenceastre, col, 2, 3] at Cirencester, 628; Th. 44, 13, col. 1. Hér fór se here to Cirenceastre [Cyrenceastre, col. 2, 3] of Cippanhamme, and sæt ðæ-acute;r án geár in this year [A. D. 879] the army went from Chippenham to Cirencester, and remained there one year, 879; Th. 148, 38, col. 1: 880; Th. 150, 8, col. 1. Hér, on Eastron, wæs micel gemót æt Cyrenceastre in this year [A. D. 1020], at Easter, there was a great council at Cirencester, 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2. Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wæ-acute;ron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22.

cirio-belle, an; f. [cirice a church] A church-bell; ecclesiæ campana :-- Of ciricbellan from a church-bell, L. M. 1, 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 29.

ciric-bryce, cyric-bryce, es; m. [cirice a church, brice, bryce a breaking, violation, breach] Church-breach, a breaking into a church; in ecclesiam irruptio :-- Be ciricbryce of church-breach, L. Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 5, 6.

ciric-dór, es; n. A church-door; ecclesiæ porta :-- Se ðe man ofslehþ binnan ciricdórum [MS. -derum] sylle ðære cirican cxx scillinga let him who slays a man within church-doors give to the church 120 shillings, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332, 9.

cirice, an; f. A church; ecclesia = GREEK :-- We læ-acute;raþ, ðæt preóstas cirican healdan to godcundre þénunge we enjoin that priests keep their churches for divine service, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 3: 30; Th. ii. 250, 19. v. cyrice, circe.

ciric-friþ church-peace, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 5. v. cyric-friþ.

ciric-fultum, es; m. [fultum help, aid] Church-help, ecclesiastical support; ecclesiæ auxilium :-- We læ-acute;raþ, ðæt preóstas geóguþe geornlíce læ-acute;ran ðæt hí ciricfultum habban we enjoin that priests diligently teach youth that they may have ecclesiastical support, L. Edg. C. 51; Th. ii. 254, 26.