A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ cyrstrēow] n. cherry-tree, WW 138. [ciris; L.]

[ +cyrtan] to shorten.

[ cyrtel] m. (man’s) tunic, coat, Æ, AO: (woman’s) gown, Ct. [‘kirtle’]

[ cyrten] I. fair, comely, Æ: intelligent. adv. -līce (and cyrtelīce) elegantly, neatly, fairly, well, exactly.

[II.] ornament? WW 216⁷.

[ cyrtenes] (e¹) f. elegance, beauty.

[ ±cyrtenlǣcan] (e¹) to beautify, make elegant, Æ.

[ cyrð] pres. 3 sg. of [cyrran].

cys- = cyse-, ceos-

cȳs- = cīs-