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cist

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
cist, e; f.
A band, company; cohors
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  • On folcgetæl fíftig cista: hæfde cista gehwilc x hund tíreádigra

    in the number of the people were fifty bands: each band had ten hundred illustrious warriors,

    • Cd. 154
    • ;
    • Th. 192, 9-16
    • ;
    • Exod. 229-232
    • .
Derived forms
eóred-cist, here-
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v.  cest.
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  • cist, n.