Cist

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cist

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 cist

f. A band, company; cohors :-- On folcgetæl fíftig cista: hæfde cista gehwilc x hund tíreádigra in the number of the people were fifty bands: each band had ten hundred illustrious warriors, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 9-16; Exod. 229-232. DER. eóred-cist, here-. cist

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛁᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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