Cniht-cild

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cniht-cild

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 cniht-cild

n. A male child, boy; puer :-- Wæs on ðam ylcan mynstre cnihtcild sum, ne wæs yldre ðonne þrý-wintre there was in the same monastery a boy, he was not older than three years, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 27. cniht-cild

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚳᛁᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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