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fæderen-cyn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fæderen-cyn, fædren-cyn, -cynn, es ; n. [cyn a race, kin]
A paternal kin or race; păternum gĕnus
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  • Hiera ryht fæderencyn [fædrencynn,

    • Th. 87, 14, col. 1
    ] gǽþ to Cerdice

    their direct paternal kin goes to Cerdic,

    • Chr. 755 Th. 86, 14, col. 1
    • .
  • We areccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn

    we cannot tell the paternal kin,

    • Exon. 11 b
    • ;
    • Th. 16,
    • 4 ;
    • Cri. 248
    • .
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v.  fæderyn-cyn fædren-cyn.
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  • fæderen-cyn, n.