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CICEN

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1 CICEN

pl. nom. acc. cicenu; gen. a; dat. um; n. A CHICKEN; pullus :-- Cicen pullus, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 49; Wrt. Voc. 30, 4: 281, 24. Cicen oððe brid oððe fola pullus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 37. Henne mid cicenum gesihþ ceápas eácan getácnaþ a dream of a hen with chickens betokens trade to be increasing, Lchdm. iii. 204, 31. Seó henn hyre cicenu under hyre fyðeru gegaderaþ gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, Mt. Bos. 23, 37. Cicena mete chickens' meat, chick-weed; modera,alsíne = GREEK , Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 66; Wrt. Voc. 32, 3: 69, 27: 79, 39: L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16: Lchdm. iii. 6, 14: 118, 29: 134, 1. [Wyc. chykenys, pl: Piers P. chicknes, pl: Chauc. chike: Prompt. chekyn: Plat. kiken, küken: Dut. kieken, kuiken, n: Kil. kiecken: Ger. küch-lein, n: Dan. kylling, m. f: Swed. kyckling, m : Icel. kjúk-lingr, m: O. Nrs. kyk-lingr, m. Rask Hald.] cicen
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ᚳᛁᚳᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Latin
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Works & Authors

Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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