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cycgel
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cudgel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English kuggel, from Old English cycgel; perhaps akin to Middle High German kugele ball Date: before 12th century a short heavy club II. transitive verb ( geled or gelled; geling or cudgelling) Date: 1596 t … New Collegiate Dictionary
Old English phonology — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects … Wikipedia
cudgel — cudgeler; esp. Brit., cudgeller, n. /kuj euhl/, n., v., cudgeled, cudgeling, or (esp. Brit.) cudgelled, cudgelling. n. 1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club. 2. take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.… … Universalium
Middle English phonology — The phonology of Middle English is necessarily somewhat speculative, since it is preserved purely as a written language. Nevertheless, there is a very large corpus of Middle English. The dialects of Middle English vary greatly over both time and… … Wikipedia
cudgel — cud|gel [ˈkʌdʒəl] n [: Old English; Origin: cycgel] 1.) a short thick stick used as a weapon 2.) take up the cudgels (on behalf of sb/sth) formal to start to fight for an idea that you believe in … Dictionary of contemporary English
Keule — Sf std. (13. Jh.), mhd. kiule Keule, Stock, Stange Stammwort. Zugehörigkeitsbildung zu mhd. kūle Kugel (Kaulquappe, Kugel), also mit einer Kugel (Verdickung) versehen . Entsprechend (mit dem g von Kugel) mndl. cogele Kugel , ae. cycgel Knüttel .… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
club — {{11}}club (n.) c.1200, thick stick used as a weapon, from O.N. klubba cudgel, from P.Gmc. *klumbon, related to CLUMP (Cf. clump). O.E. words for this were sagol, cycgel. Specific sense of bat used in games is from mid 15c. The social club… … Etymology dictionary
cudgel — {{11}}cudgel (n.) O.E. cycgel club with rounded head; perhaps from PIE root *geu to curve, bend. {{12}}cudgel (v.) to beat with a cudgel, 1590s, from CUDGEL (Cf. cudgel) (n.). Related: Cudgeled; cudgeling … Etymology dictionary
cudgel — [ kʌdʒ(ə)l] noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon. verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel. Phrases cudgel one s brain Brit. think har … English new terms dictionary
cudgel — cudg•el [[t]ˈkʌdʒ əl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing, (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club 2) to strike with a cudgel; beat • cudgel one s brains Etymology: bef. 900; ME cuggel, OE cycgel … From formal English to slang
