cyf

See also: cyf- and CYF

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, from Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Possibly a doublet of cuppe and cȳpe. Alternatively, perhaps a clipping of Old English cȳfel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyːf/

Noun

cȳf f

1. vessel, vat

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cȳf	cȳfe, cȳfa
accusative	cȳf, cȳfe	cȳfe, cȳfa
genitive	cȳfe	cȳfa
dative	cȳfe	cȳfum

Descendants

• Middle English: kive
  • English: keeve

Further reading

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