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CYRTEL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat; palla, tunica
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  • Cyrtel vel oferbrǽdels

    palla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 4
    • ;
    • Som. 55,
    • 86;
    • Wrt. Voc. 16,
    • 56.
  • Ic gean sancte Æðelþryþe ánes wullenan cyrtles [kyrtles MS.]

    I give to saint Æthelthryth one woollen kirtle,

    • Cod. Dipl. 782
    • ;
    • A. D. 1046
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 107,
    • 7.
  • Bicgaþ cyrtlas

    buy kirtles,

    • Homl. Th. i. 64,
    • 13.
  • Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan [cyrtel oððe hrægl, Mt. Kmbl. Lind.] lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei qui vult tecum judicio contendere et tunicam tuam tollere, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc. Næbbe ge ne twá tunecan [cyrtlas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind.]

    nolite possidere neque duas tunicas,

    • 10,
    • 10;
  • nyl ȝe welden nether two cootis,

    • Wyc: Lfc. Lind. War. 3,
    • 11.
  • Berenne cyrtel [kyrtel MS.]

    a bear-skin vest,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 1;
    • Bos. 20,
    • 38.
Etymology
[
Prompt. kyrtyl tunica:
Piers P. kirtel :
R. Brun. kirtelle :
Chauc. kirtel :
Laym. curtel :
Orm. kirrtell :
Plat. kiddel :
Dut. kiel , m:
Kil. kedel, kele :
Ger. kittel , m:
M. H. Ger. kitel , kittel , m:
Dan. kjortel , m. f:
Swed. kjortel , m:
Icel. kyrtill , m
.]
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  • CYRTEL, n.