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Old English · noun

coss

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/koss/
[kos]
Syllables
koss (1 syllable)
Modern English
kiss

Meaning

  1. kiss

    Martinus ġelācnode mid ǣnlīpium cosse ǣnne hrēoflīnne mannan fram his micclan coðe, and fram atelīcum hīwe his unsmēðan līċes.

    Martinus cured a leprous man of his great sickness and from the horrid appearance of his unsmooth body with a single kiss.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of coss
SingularPlural
Nominative cosscossas
Accusative cosscossas
Genitive cossescossa
Dative cossecossum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Descendants

kiss

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