cinban

Equivalent to ċinn (“chin”) +‎ bān (“bone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃinˌbɑːn/

ċinbān n

1. jawbone, chinbone
   • Laws of King Æþelberht

     50. Sē þe ċinbān forslæhþ, mid XX sċillingum forġelde.

     50. He who smites a chinbone shall pay 20 shillings in compensation.

Strong a-stem:

• English: chinbone

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cin-bán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.