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cyrr

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cyrr, cerr, cirr, cierr,es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium
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  • Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle,

    q. v.] at the fourth turn or time,

    • Herb. 100,
    • 3;
    • Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38,
    • 18.
  • Æt sumum cyrre

    at some turn or time, when;

    aliquando,
    • Lk. Bos. 22,
    • 32.
  • Se biþ abísgod, on færelde mid óðrum cierrum

    who is busied, in a journey with other affairs,

    • Past. 4,
    • 1;
    • Hat. 9b,
    • 7.
Etymology
[
Laym. chærre, cherre:
Plat. keer, kere, f:
Dut. keer, m:
Ger. kehr, kehre, f:
M. H. Ger. kére, f. kér, m:
O. H. Ger. kéra, f. kér, m
.]
Derived forms
ed-cyrr, frum-, ofer-, on-, sǽ-
Linked entries
v.  cerr cier.
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  • cyrr, n.