A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Cheaping, _sb._ == market. Pol. S. 151
Cheek, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 34
Cheer, _sb._ == comfort. 473 B.
---- == countenance. RG. 332
Cheese, _sb._ HD. 643
Chelde, _sb._ == chill, cold. Alys. 5501
Cheole, _sb._ == hair. M. Ode, 182. Fr. chevol
Chepe, Cheping. See Cheap, Cheaping
Chequer, _sb._ == chess. RG. 192; or perhaps 'the chessboard'
Cherde, _vb. pret._ == turned, came. O. and N. 1656. AS. cyrran, cerran
Chere, _adj._ == high? 'the chere men of the land.' RG. 166.
Cheson, _sb._ == occasion. Alys. 3930
Chess, _sb._ Alys. 2096
Chest, _sb._ == coffin. RG. 50
Cheste, _sb._ == strife. Alys. 29. AS. ceast
Chete, == a chewet, or pie. Wright's L. P. p. 31
Cheui, an error for 'cheve.' RG. 94
Cheve, _v. n._ == succeed in a thing. 856 B. Fr. chevir
Chide, _v. a._ 2 s. pres. 'chist.' O. and N. 1329. AS. cidan
---- _v. n._ RG. 390
---- == dispute. O. and N. 287
Chief, _sb._ == chieftain. 1003 B.
Chief, _adj._ == 'to hold in chief,' a law term, applied to those tenants who held their fiefs direct from the king; 'tenants in capite.' RG. 472
---- == princ.i.p.al. St Swithin, 22
Chieftain, _sb._ [cheventeyn]. RG. 386, 400
Chilce, _sb._ == childishness? M. Ode, 4. Formed from 'child,' as 'milce'
from 'mild'
Child, _sb._ RG. 392, 441; [chil]. O. and N. 1438
Child, _v. n._ == bring forth a child. Alys. 604
Childbed, _sb._ RG. 379
Childering, _sb._ == bringing forth a child. Rel. S. ii. 7
Chill, _sb._ RG. 7
Chimbe, _sb._ == cymbal. Ps. cl. 5
Chime, _sb._ (of bells). Alys. 1852. Dan. kime
Chin, _sb._ 522
Chinche, _adj._ == n.i.g.g.ardly. HD. 1763. Fr. chice == avarice
Chirchegong, == churchgoing. RG. 380. Cf. 'idelgong'
Chirm, _sb._ == chirping and screaming of birds. O. and N. 305. AS. cyrm
Chirurgeon, _sb._ RG. 566
Chivalry, _sb._ == prowess. RG. 413
Chivauche, _sb._ == an expedition, a body of men. Ritson's AS. viii. 141.
Fr. chevauchee, from cheval.
Choice, _sb._ RG. 111
Chokering, _sb._ == a low chattering. O. and N. 504
Cholle, == shall. RG. 379, in the compound form 'ycholle'
Choose, _v. a._ RG. 400. pret. 'ches.' Marg. 2. part, 'chis.' Alys. 3294.
'ichose.' RG. 472
---- _v. n._ == have a choice. RG. 384
Christ, _sb._ == anointed person. Ps. civ. 15
Christen, _v. a._ part, 'icristened.' St Kath. 136
Christendom, _sb._ == sacraments belonging to Christianity. RG. 496
Christian, _adj._ 7 B.
