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CEÁCE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§51; §124; §188; §404;
The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena
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  • Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær

    signum incendii in maxilla portavit,

      Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16.
  • He gehrán his ceácan

    contigit maxillam ejus,

      3, 19; S. 549, 1.
  • Ceácan

    malæ; , maxillæ,

      Wrt. Voc. 282, 58, 59.
  • On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ

    in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe,

      Ps. Lamb. 31, 9.
  • Ceácan

    mandibulæ,

      Wrt. Voc. 64, 46.
  • Ceác-bán vel ceácan vel cin-bán

    mandibula,

      Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14.
  • Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle

    that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks,

      L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11.
Etymology
[Wye. cheek-boon the jaw: Piers P. R. Brun. cheke: Chauc. cheeke, cheke: Plat. käkel: O. Frs. keke, tziake, f: Dut. kaak, f; Kil. kaecke: Swed. kek, m: Icel. kjálki, m.]
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v.  céce ceác-bán.
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  • CEÁCE, n.