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CEÓL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CEÓL, ciól, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
The KEEL of a ship, a ship; carina, celox, navis
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  • Ðe brontne ceól ofer lagustrǽte lǽoan cwómon

    who came leading a high keel over the water-street,

    • Beo. Th. 482
    • ;
    • B. 238.
  • Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe

    that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 545-549
    • ;
    • An. 273-275
    • .
  • Ceól

    celox,

    • Glos. Epnl. Reed. 156, 12: Wrt. Voc. 288, 30
    • .
  • Ceól on lande stód

    the ship stood on land,

    • Beo. Th. 3829
    • ;
    • B. 1912: Exon. 90b
    • ;
    • Th. 339, 20
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 97
    • .
  • Ofer ceóles bord

    from the vessel's deck,

    • 20b
    • ;
    • Th. 54, 2
    • ;
    • Cri. 86a: Andr. Kmbl. 620
    • ;
    • An. 310
    • .
  • In ðam ceóle wæs cyninga wuldor

    the glory of kings was in the ship,

    • 1707
    • ;
    • An. 856: Exon. 81b
    • ;
    • Th. 306, 9
    • ;
    • Seef. 5
    • .
  • He ceól gesóhte

    he sought the ship,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 759
    • ;
    • An. 380
    • .
  • Hí cómon on þrím ceólumto Brytene

    they came in three ships to Britain,

    • Chr. 449
    • ;
    • Erl. 13, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 21, 22
    • ;
    • Met. 21, 11
    • .
  • Ceólas léton on brime bídan

    they let the ships abide in the sea,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 500
    • ;
    • El. 250
    • .
  • Hwanon cómon ge ceólum líðan

    whence came ye sailing in ships?

    • Andr. Kmbl. 512
    • ;
    • An. 256: Exon. 20a
    • ;
    • Th. 53, 18
    • ;
    • Cri. 852
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. keel:
Dut. kiel, f:
Ger. M. H. Ger. kiel, m:
O. H. Ger. chiol, cheol, chiel, m:
Dan. kiöl, m. f:
Swed. köl, m:
Icel. kjóll, m.
]
Derived forms
þriérēþre-ceól
Linked entries
v.  ciól.
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  • CEÓL, n.