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cyte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.
A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell; casa, cubiculurn, cella
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  • Tær ðæt hors ðæt þæc of ðære cytan hrófe

    the horse tore the thatch off the roof of the cottage,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 136,
      • 17.

  • Hí hine lǽddon út of ðære cytan

    they led him out of the cottage,

    • Guthl. 5
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 36,
      • 8.

  • Gecyrde he to sumes hyrdes cytan

    he turned into a shepherd's cottage,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 136,
      • 14.

  • In ðæm he hæfde cirican and cytan

    in hac habuit ecclesiam et cubiculum,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 17;
    • S. 543, 24, col. 2
      • .

  • Cyte

    cella,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85,
      • 75.

  • Wæs sum munuc on néhnesse his cytan eardiende

    in vicinia cellæ illii's habitabat quidam monachus,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 12;
    • S. 630,
      • 42.

  • Leóht of heofenum gefylde ða cytan

    a light from heaven filled the cell,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 546,
      • 34.
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v.  cote.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cyte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7288.

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