ciepe

Equivalent to ċēap (“cost”) + -e (“having”). Corresponds to a Proto-Germanic *kaupijaz, though there are no cognates.

• ċīpe, ċȳpe

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.pe/

ċīepe

1. for sale
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Pope Gregory the Great"

     Þā ġeseah hē betwēox þām warum ċīepe cneohtas ġesette. Þā wǣron hwītes līchaman and fæġeres andwlitan menn and æðellīċe ġefeaxode.

     Then he saw a group of boys who had been displayed for sale with the rest of the merchandise. (Literally: “Then he saw boys for sale placed among the merchandise.”) They had fair skin, beautiful faces, and noble heads of hair.

• Unlike the Modern English phrase “for sale,” ċīepe is often used attributively, before the noun.

• ġeċīepe (“for sale”)
• unċīepe (“free”)

Borrowed from Latin cēpa.

• ċīpe

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.pe/

ċīepe f

1. onion (Allium cepa)

   Synonyms: hwītlēac, ynnelēac

2. shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• ċīpelēac

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “cīpe”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.