A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 29

Cheaping, _sb._ == market. Pol. S. 151

Cheek, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 34

Cheer, _sb._ == comfort. 473 B.

---- == countenance. RG. 332

Cheese, _sb._ HD. 643

Chelde, _sb._ == chill, cold. Alys. 5501

Cheole, _sb._ == hair. M. Ode, 182. Fr. chevol

Chepe, Cheping. See Cheap, Cheaping

Chequer, _sb._ == chess. RG. 192; or perhaps 'the chessboard'

Cherde, _vb. pret._ == turned, came. O. and N. 1656. AS. cyrran, cerran

Chere, _adj._ == high? 'the chere men of the land.' RG. 166.

Cheson, _sb._ == occasion. Alys. 3930

Chess, _sb._ Alys. 2096

Chest, _sb._ == coffin. RG. 50

Cheste, _sb._ == strife. Alys. 29. AS. ceast

Chete, == a chewet, or pie. Wright's L. P. p. 31

Cheui, an error for 'cheve.' RG. 94

Cheve, _v. n._ == succeed in a thing. 856 B. Fr. chevir

Chide, _v. a._ 2 s. pres. 'chist.' O. and N. 1329. AS. cidan

---- _v. n._ RG. 390

---- == dispute. O. and N. 287

Chief, _sb._ == chieftain. 1003 B.

Chief, _adj._ == 'to hold in chief,' a law term, applied to those tenants who held their fiefs direct from the king; 'tenants in capite.' RG. 472

---- == princ.i.p.al. St Swithin, 22

Chieftain, _sb._ [cheventeyn]. RG. 386, 400

Chilce, _sb._ == childishness? M. Ode, 4. Formed from 'child,' as 'milce'

from 'mild'

Child, _sb._ RG. 392, 441; [chil]. O. and N. 1438

Child, _v. n._ == bring forth a child. Alys. 604

Childbed, _sb._ RG. 379

Childering, _sb._ == bringing forth a child. Rel. S. ii. 7

Chill, _sb._ RG. 7

Chimbe, _sb._ == cymbal. Ps. cl. 5

Chime, _sb._ (of bells). Alys. 1852. Dan. kime

Chin, _sb._ 522

Chinche, _adj._ == n.i.g.g.ardly. HD. 1763. Fr. chice == avarice

Chirchegong, == churchgoing. RG. 380. Cf. 'idelgong'

Chirm, _sb._ == chirping and screaming of birds. O. and N. 305. AS. cyrm

Chirurgeon, _sb._ RG. 566

Chivalry, _sb._ == prowess. RG. 413

Chivauche, _sb._ == an expedition, a body of men. Ritson's AS. viii. 141.

Fr. chevauchee, from cheval.

Choice, _sb._ RG. 111

Chokering, _sb._ == a low chattering. O. and N. 504

Cholle, == shall. RG. 379, in the compound form 'ycholle'

Choose, _v. a._ RG. 400. pret. 'ches.' Marg. 2. part, 'chis.' Alys. 3294.

'ichose.' RG. 472

---- _v. n._ == have a choice. RG. 384

Christ, _sb._ == anointed person. Ps. civ. 15

Christen, _v. a._ part, 'icristened.' St Kath. 136

Christendom, _sb._ == sacraments belonging to Christianity. RG. 496

Christian, _adj._ 7 B.