Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig static-lexis.com. NS
Answer
static-lexis.com. 5 NS ns1.reedelsevier.com.
static-lexis.com. 5 NS ns3.reedelsevier.com.
static-lexis.com. 5 NS ns2.reedelsevier.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0