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cyre-líf

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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute:
the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen
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  • Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge ánes gesynscipes, bútan þám canonican þe on cyrelífe sittað (

    those who are dependents of the bishop;

    exceptis his canonicis qui victu et vestitu potiantur),
      Nap. 15.
a person in such a condition.
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  • cyre-líf,