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Criseyde

British  
/ krɪˈseɪdə /

noun

  1. a variant of Cressida

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Go, litel book!" wrote Chaucer at the end of Troilus and Criseyde, sending his work on a journey that no man could complete.

From Time Magazine Archive

But certeyn is, er Troilus him leyde, Deiphebus had him prayed, over night, To been a freend and helping to Criseyde.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

Criseyde, which that alle these thinges say, To telle in short, hir lyked al y-fere His personne, his array, his look, his chere ...

From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow

Charles I., translated "Troilus and Criseyde," Cartwright congratulated him that he had at length made it possible to read Chaucer without a dictionary.

From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Quod tho Criseyde, `Lat me som wight calle.'

From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

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