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indicating devotion, respect, or a sacramental. The word
comes from Old
English cyssan ('to kiss'), in turn from coss ('a kiss').
Anthropologists disagree on whether...
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together with i and í via a
simple phonetic unrounding: OE hypp, cynn,
cyssan, brycg, fyllan, fýr, mýs, brýd
became modern hip, kin, kiss, bridge, fill...
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sittan > to sit; OE fisċ > fish; OE
lifer >
liver OE y OE bryċġ > bridge; OE
cyssan > to kiss; OE dyde > did; OE synn > sin; OE
gyldan > to gild; OE bysiġ >...
- consonants,
which explains the
contrast between kiss, to kiss (Old
English coss,
cyssan, with a
double s) vs. house, to
house with /z/ in the verb (Old English...
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sittan > to sit; OE fisċ > fish; OE
lifer >
liver OE y OE bryċġ > bridge; OE
cyssan > to kiss; OE dyde > did; OE synn > sin; OE
gyldan > to gild; OE bysiġ >...
