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† ˈkichel Obs. rare.
[OE. cicel, of obscure etymology. The retention of unpalatalized c (k) can be explained only by taking cicel as = *cycel:—*kukilo-; in which case this word would not be related to cœcil, kechel; but the identity of sense makes this difficult to accept.]
A small cake.
In the quot. from Chaucer, all the MSS. of the six-text edition have kechel. The Harleian reading, however, is also that of Thynne's ed., and from these sources the word has passed into mod. dicts.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 30 Þonne se cicel coliᵹe, þonne wyrc þu ma. Ibid. 134 Nim ᵹetemsud melu and bac hym anne cicel of. c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 39 (Harl. MS.) Yif us a busshel whet, or malt, or reye, A Goddes kichil, or a trip of chese. [1598Speght Chaucer's Wks. B b b b, A cake..called a God's kichell, because godfathers and godmothers vsed commonly to giue one of them to their godchildren, when they asked a blessing. 1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Kitchell, a kinde of cake. Also in Blount, Phillips, and later dicts.] [a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Kickel, a sort of flat cake with sugar and currants strewn on the top. 1875Sussex Gloss., Kickel.] |