cirice

Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -n-
1. church; 2. pagan temple (also cirece, cirica, ciryce, cyryce, cyrece, cyrice, cierce, cerce)
Etymology
[Mod E CHURCHProt-Germ *kirikō, *kirika; O Fris zerke, karke, kerke; O Sax kirika, kerika; Dt kerk; OHG kirihha, kiricha (Mod G Kirche); Icel kirkja ← Gr κυριακόν]
Paradigm

1.2.1. -n- stem nouns (weak declension)

This type of declension includes masc, fem and neut nouns.

Only several OE nouns belonged to the -n- stemmed type. A remnant of this type of declension in Mod E is the pl ending -en in a small number of nouns, such as oxen, children, etc.

nom- (< *namo-, *naman-)

nouns, -n- stem, masculine gender
noma
(name)
singular plural
nominative noma noman
genitive noman nomena
dative (instrumental) noman nomum
accusative noman noman

tunȝ- (< *tungōn, *tungan-)

nouns, -n- stem, feminine gender
tunȝe
(tongue)
singular plural
nominative tunȝe tunȝan
genitive tunȝan tunȝena
dative (instrumental) tunȝan tunȝum
accusative tunȝan tunȝan

éaȝ- (< *augōn, *augan-)

nouns, -n- stem, neuter gender
éaȝe
(eye)
singular plural
nominative éaȝe éaȝan
genitive éaȝan éaȝena
dative (instrumental) éaȝan éaȝum
accusative éaȝe éaȝan

masc and fem nouns of the -n- stemmed type oft denote the doer of the action, thus being nomina agentis; e.g. déma (judge) ← deman (to judge; to deem, think); hunta (hunter) ← huntian (to hunt), etc.