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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from [[Latin]] cruc-, crux

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from [[Latin]] cruc-, crux

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_century 10th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_century 10th Century]

The [[word]] cross comes [[ultimately]] from [[Latin]] ''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crux crux]'', a [[Roman]] [[torture]] device used for [[crucifixion]], via Old Irish cros. The word was introduced to [[English]] in the 10th century as the term for the instrument of the torturous [[execution]] of [[Jesus]] as described in the [[New Testament]], [[gradually]] replacing the earlier word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood ''rood''].

The [[word]] cross comes [[ultimately]] from [[Latin]] ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crux crux]'', a [[Roman]] [[torture]] device used for [[crucifixion]], via Old Irish cros. The word was introduced to [[English]] in the 10th century as the term for the instrument of the torturous [[execution]] of [[Jesus]] as described in the [[New Testament]], [[gradually]] replacing the earlier word [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood ''rood''].

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Crucifixion]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Crucifixion '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Crucifixion]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Crucifixion '''''this link'''''].</center>

*14: a security [[transaction]] in which a broker acts for both buyer and seller (as in the placing of a large lot of common stock) —called also cross-trade  

*14: a security [[transaction]] in which a broker acts for both buyer and seller (as in the placing of a large lot of common stock) —called also cross-trade  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''cross''' is a [[geometrical]] figure consisting of two lines or bars [[perpendicular]] to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run [[vertically]] and [[horizontally]]; if they run obliquely, the [[design]] is technically termed a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltire saltire], although the arms of a saltire need not meet at right angles.

A '''cross''' is a [[geometrical]] figure consisting of two lines or bars [[perpendicular]] to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run [[vertically]] and [[horizontally]]; if they run obliquely, the [[design]] is technically termed a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltire saltire], although the arms of a saltire need not meet at right angles.

The cross is one of the most ancient [[human]] [[symbols]], and is used by many religions, such as [[Christianity]]. It is frequently a [[representation]] of the division of the world into four elements (Chevalier, 1997) or cardinal points, or alternately as the [[union]] of the [[concepts]] of [[divinity]], the vertical line, and the [[Humanity|world]], the [[horizontal]].

The cross is one of the most ancient [[human]] [[symbols]], and is used by many religions, such as [[Christianity]]. It is frequently a [[representation]] of the division of the world into four elements (Chevalier, 1997) or cardinal points, or alternately as the [[union]] of the [[concepts]] of [[divinity]], the vertical line, and the [[Humanity|world]], the [[horizontal]].

==History==

==History==

It is not known when the first cross image was made; after [[circles]], crosses are one of the first [[symbols]] drawn by [[children]] of all [[cultures]]. There are many cross-shaped incisions in European [[cult]] [[caves]], dating back to the earliest [[stages]] of human cultural [[development]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age stone age]. Like other [[symbols]] from this period, their use continued in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt Celtic] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples Germanic] cultures in Europe. For example, celtic coins minted many centuries before the [[Christian]] era may have an entire side showing this type of cross, sometimes with the cardinal points marked by [[concave]] depressions in the same style as in stone age carvings. Other coins may be showing the cross held by a rider on a horse and springing a fern leaf, sometimes identified as a [[Tree of Life]] [[symbol]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross]

It is not known when the first cross image was made; after [[circles]], crosses are one of the first [[symbols]] drawn by [[children]] of all [[cultures]]. There are many cross-shaped incisions in European [[cult]] [[caves]], dating back to the earliest [[stages]] of human cultural [[development]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age stone age]. Like other [[symbols]] from this period, their use continued in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt Celtic] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples Germanic] cultures in Europe. For example, celtic coins minted many centuries before the [[Christian]] era may have an entire side showing this type of cross, sometimes with the cardinal points marked by [[concave]] depressions in the same style as in stone age carvings. Other coins may be showing the cross held by a rider on a horse and springing a fern leaf, sometimes identified as a [[Tree of Life]] [[symbol]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Crucifixion]]'''''

*'''''[[Crucifixion]]'''''