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CÝLE

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1 CÝLE

m. A cold, coldness, CHILL; frīgus :-- Ne mæg fýres feng ne forstes cýle somod eardian the grasp of fire and chill of frost cannot dwell together, Salm. Kmbl. 708; Sal. 353. Befóran ansíne cýles ante faciem frigŏris, Ps. Spl. 147, 6. Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe cýle and fýr we have nought in hope, save chill and fire, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Hý wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8. [Prompt. cole algor: Piers P. Laym. Orm. chele chill, cold: Plat. köle, f. pain: Ger. kühle, f: M. H. Ger. küele, f: O. H. Ger. kuolí, f: Dan. köle, m. f. coolness of the air: Swed. kyla, f. a chill: Icel. kylr, m. a gust of cold air: Lat. gelu.] DER. fǽr-cýle. cyle
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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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