Cifes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cifes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- cifes
- Add:--Of cifise ex pellice, Hpt. Gl. 511, 56. Hé hæfde his bróþor wíf him tó cifese, Shrn. 123, 1. Hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtǽwe, Scrd. 22, 22. Cebise, cebisae, caebis pelices, Txts. 85, 1540. Cyfesa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 1. Cifesene (from sing. cefesen?), 67, 1. Cefissa concubinae, Rtl. 68, 41. Cifesan pelices, i. concubinas, An. Ox. 3904. [O. L. Ger. kevis, kievis pellex.] cifes