cirugïen
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cirugïen oblique singular, m (oblique plural cirugïens, nominative singular cirugïens, nominative plural cirugïen)
- Alternative form of surgien
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Iluec fu uns cirugïens
Qui molt estoit boens crestïens- He was a surgeon
Who was a good Christian
- He was a surgeon
Usage notes[edit]
- Diaereses are used by some, but not all scholars, to show that two or more vowels do not constitute a diphthong or triphthong. See Appendix:Old French spellings for more information.