Cyre-líf

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cyre-líf

For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: I. the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen:--Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge ánes gesynscipes, bútan þám canonican þe on cyrelífe sittað (those who are dependents of the bishop; exceptis his canonicis qui victu et vestitu potiantur), Nap. 15. II. a person in such a condition. cyre-lif