cyf

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See also: cyf- and CYF

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cūpa. Possibly a doublet of cuppe and cȳpe.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kyːf/

Noun[edit]

cȳf f

vessel, vat

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Middle English: kive
- English: keeve

Further reading[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cyf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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