cirugïen

Old French

Noun

cirugïen oblique singular, m (oblique plural cirugïens, nominative singular cirugïens, nominative plural cirugïen)

1. Alternative form of surgien
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Iluec fu uns cirugïens
     Qui molt estoit boens crestïens

     He was a surgeon
     Who was a good Christian

Usage notes

• Diaereses are used by some, but not all scholars, to show that two or more vowels do not constitute a diphthong or triphthong. See Appendix:Old French spellings for more information.