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cyne-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cyne-dóm, es; m. [dóm power, dominion]
Wright's OE grammar
§597;
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm;imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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  • Cynedóm

    sceptrum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 69
      • ;
    • Som. 69,
      • 127;
    • Wrt. Voc. 42,
      • 7.

  • We willaþ ðæt án cynedóm fæste stande ǽfre on þeóde

    we will that one kingship standfast for ever in the nation,

    • L. N. P. L. 67
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 302,
      • 8.

  • Hanna wæs mid ungemete ðæs cynedómes gyrnende Hanno had an immoderate longing for the kingdom, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 43: L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 4: Ps. C. 50, 149; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 149, Rúmes cynedómes

    augustæ potestatis,

    Mone
    • B. 3931
      • .

  • For ðam cynedóme

    for the kingdom,

    • L. M. L
      • ;
    • Th. i. 190,
      • 6.

  • Claudius Orcadas eáland to Rómwara cynedóme geþeódde

    Claudius Orcadas insulas Romano adjecit imperio,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 3;
    • S. 475, 7: Chr. 47
      • ;
    • Erl. 6,
      • 26.

  • He ðone cynedóm ciósan wolde

    he would choose the kingdom,

    • Beo. Th. 4741
      • ;
    • B. 2376: L. Eth. ix. 42
      • ;
    • Th. i. 350,
      • 3.

  • Ðætte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode wǽron

    that just royal governments might be settled throughout our people,

    • L. In. pref
      • ;
    • Th. i. 102,
      • 9.
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v.  cyning-dóm.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cyne-dóm.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7111.

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