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cifes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§73; §369;
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  • Of cifise

    ex pellice,

      Hpt. Gl. 511, 56.
  • Hé hæfde his bróþor wíf him tó cifese,

      Shrn. 123, 1.
  • Hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtǽwe,

      Scrd. 22, 22.
  • Cebise, cebisae, caebis

    pelices,

      Txts. 85, 1540.
  • Cyfesa,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 1.
  • Cifesene (

    from sing.

    cefesen?),
      67, 1.
  • Cefissa

    concubinae,

      Rtl. 68, 41.
  • Cifesan

    pelices, i. concubinas,

      An. Ox. 3904.
  • [O. L. Ger. kevis, kievis pellex.]
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v.  cefes cyfes.
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  • cifes, n.