Cíne

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cíne

According to the Old English Dictionary:

cíne
l. cine (-u), take here passage in Dict. under cínu, and add: I. a chink, crack:--Cinena rimarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 5. Cinum rimis, An. Ox. 26, 11. Geoniendum þám cinum se sǽ eóde inn rimis patentibus intravit mare, Gr. D. 248, 27. Cinan rimas, Germ. 399, 307. Þurh þá cinan (cynan, ) þǽre dura per rimas ostiorum, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 388, 4. II. a chasm, cavern:--Cinan crypte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 61. Cinum cavernis, Germ. 399, 272. II a. fig. a deep subject (?):--Ic warnige þæne þe þás cinan þengð tó áspyrianne, ꝥ hé gelóme sceáwige þás seofon rǽdinga, Angl. viii. 333, 8. [v. N. E. D. chine. O. L. Ger. (Gall.) kina.] v. ciniht. cine

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