Cristen

See also: cristen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Cristene, Xp̄isten, Xp̄en, Crisstene, Cristine, cristin, Cristyn, crysten, crystone, crystyne, cristeyn

Etymology

From Old English cristen, from Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós). Compare Cristien.

As in drightin, variant of dright, forms in /-iːn(ə)/ are influenced by Old French -in, and -īnus; this already occurs in the Old English inflected stem cristīn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkristən/
• IPA^(key): /krisˈtiːn(ə)/

Adjective

Cristen (superlative cristeneste)

1. Christian (one who believes in Christ)
2. Christian (related, controlled, characteristic of, or belonging to those who believe in Christ)
3. ecclesiastical, of the church.

Derived terms

• Cristendom
• Cristenhode
• cristenly

Descendants

• English: Christen

Proper noun

Cristen (plural Cristenes)

1. A Christian; a believer in Christ.
2. (rare) The whole of Christianity; the Christian peoples of the world.

References

• “Cristen, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
• Sisam, Celia (1983), “Early Middle English Drihtin”, in Douglas Gray, E. G. Stanley, editors, Middle English Studies Presented to Norman Davis in Honour of his Seventieth Birthday, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 248-254; reprinted 1985.