Old English Dictionary Entry

Cépe-cniht

Part of speech: es; Related words: ceáp-cniht. cepe-cniht

Definitions

1 definitions

1 cépe-cniht

m. A bought servant, slave; venalis puer, servus :-- Gregorius geseah cépecnihtas ðǽr gesette Gregory saw slaves placed there, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 7.

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᛈᛖ-ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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