cyf

Old English

Etymology

From Latin cūpa. Possibly a doublet of cuppe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kyːf/

Noun

cȳf f

  1. vessel, vat

Declension
Declension of cyf (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative cȳf cȳfe, cȳfa
accusative cȳf, cȳfe cȳfe, cȳfa
genitive cȳfe cȳfa
dative cȳfe cȳfum

Descendants
  • Middle English: kive

Further reading
  • cyf in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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