eldertongue

Old English · noun

cyte

Normalised ċȳte

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃyː.te/
Syllables
ˈt͡ʃyː · te (2 syllables)
Modern English
hutcabinan anglo-saxon dictionaryjoseph bosworthoxford university presst. northcote toller

Meaning

  1. hut, cabin

Declension

Declension of cyte
SingularPlural
Nominative ċȳteċȳtan
Accusative ċȳtanċȳtan
Genitive ċȳtanċȳtena
Dative ċȳtanċȳtum

All forms (4)

Etymology

For earlier *ċīete, from Proto-West Germanic *kautijā, from Proto-Germanic *kautijǭ (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“to stretch, curve, vault”). Related to cote, though the exact details are unclear.

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