Old English Dictionary Entry

CÝSE

Part of speech: cése, es;

Definitions

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1 CÝSE

m: cysa, an; m. A CHEESE; caseus :-- Cýse caseus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 26: 290, 32. Níwe gáte cýse new goat's cheese, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 5, 6, 7; Lchdm. i. 352, 5, 7, 9. Ferscne cýse on lege lay on fresh cheese, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 14: 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 1: Lchdm. iii. 96, 22. Nim cýsan take cheese, 96, 21. Tyn césas [cýsas B. H.] ten cheeses, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19. [Prompt. chese: Plat. kese: UNCERTAIN O. Sax. kísi, m: Dut. kaas, f: Kil. kaese, kese: Frs. tzys: O. Frs. kise, tzise, m: Ger. käse, m: M. H. Ger. kæse, m: O. H. Ger. kasi, m: Lat. caseus: Wel. caws, m; Corn. caus, cos, ces, m: Ir. cais: Gael. caise: Manx caashey, m: Armor. caouz.] cyse

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Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᛋᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
L.: Latin
Lat.: Latin
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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