cyulcyulen.
Modern literary adaptations of cyula, latinized form in Gildas and Nennius of Old English céol, ciol:—ciul, keel n.2, boat, sailing vessel. Cf. also chiule n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > long ship
chiulea800
longshipeOE
keel1605
cyul1610
viking ship1847
drake1862
dragon boat1895
longboat1928
c525 Gildas De Excidio Brit. xxiii Tribus, ut lingua ejus [gentis] exprimitur cyulis, nostra lingua longis navibus.
c620 Nennius Eulog. Brit. xxviii Tres chiulæ..in quibus erant Hors et Hengist. Cf. OE. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 449 Hi þa coman on þrim ceolum hider to Brytene.]
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 128 Embarked in 40 Cyules or Pinnaces, and sailing about the Picts coasts.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 66 In every Ciule thirtie wiues.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iii. 111 Three long Gallies, or Kyules.
1876 W. F. Skene Celtic Scotl. I. i. iii. 146 Three cyuls came from Germany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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