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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1549
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Kildé, Kyldé, Keidé, n. [Med. L. Keledeus, Keldeus, Kildeus, OIr. céle Dé, f. céle ‘mate, companion, fellow; vassal, servant, tenant’ (Kuno Meyer), of God: see further s.v. Culdee in OED and SND, s.v. Culdee n., and J. F. Kenney Sources Early Hist. Ireland, Ecclesiastic (1929) 468–74.]
a. A Culdee, a member of a certain class of reformed clergy (first occurring in record in the 9th c.) of the Celtic Church. b. The community of Culdees. — c1420 Wynt. vi. x. heading.
How the Kyng Constantine Wes Kelde [C. Kildeus] in Saynctandrewis syne c1420 Ib. 722.
Kyng he sessyd for to be And in Sanctandrewys a Kylde [W. Kilde; Au., E.2 ald Kelde; L. enterit the Kilde] ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1884) 13.
The priest and the philosophers called in Latine Druides, in English Culdeis and Kildeis
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