Cysten

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cysten

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: = cystan Related words:

Definitions

1 cysten

to get, procure, get the value of; acquirere, æquiparare facere :-- Se man ðe hafde án púnd he ne mihte cystan [MS. cysten] ænne peni at ánne market the man who had a pound could not get the value of a penny at a market, Chr. 1125; Erl. 253, 28: 1124; Erl. 252, 39. cysten

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᛋᛏᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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