† chiben.
Obsolete.
Perhaps a variant of chive n.1; but possibly representing Old English cipe ‘onion’ and (?) ‘shallot, scallion’, the normal modern representation of which would be chipe. Cf. also Scottish ciba, sybo, ‘onion’.
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a700 Erf Gl. 286 Caepa, cipae.
c725 Corpus Gl. 448 Cepa ynnilæc, cipe.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 296 Ascolonia cipe.]
1691 W. Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbricam in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 140 A Chibe, Cepa, AS. Cipe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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