cild

Meaning

1. child

   He be-het þæt he wolde and se halga ge-bæd for þæt seoce cyld and him wæs sona bet.

   He promised that he would, and the saint prayed for the sick child, and he was instantly better.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"

2. baby

   c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 2:12

   You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

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