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cyne-stól

  • noun [ masculine ]
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cyne-stól, es; m. [cyne royal, seól a seat, stool]
A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capital;thronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis
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  • On his cynestóle

    on his kingly throne,

    • Exon. 25b
    • ;
    • Th. 75,
    • 6;
    • Cri. 1217: Elen. Kmbl. 659
    • ;
    • El. 330
    • .
  • Of cynestólum

    from royal seats,

    • Exon. 96a
    • ;
    • Th. 358,
    • 22;
    • Pa. 49
    • .
  • Constantinopolis is Créca cynestól

    Constantinople is the royal dwelling-place of the Greeks,

    • Bt. 1
    • ;
    • Fox 2, 22: Ors. 3,
    • 9;
    • Bos. 65,
    • 45.
  • Cynestóle Creácas wióldon

    the Greeks possessed the metropolis,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1,
    • 95;
    • Met. 1, 48: Menol. Fox 208
    • ;
    • Men. 105
    • .
  • We becórnon to ðam cynestóle, ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes

    we came to the royal city, where the temple of the Lord was built,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1332
    • ;
    • An. 666
    • .
  • Ðǽr heó ǽfre forþ wunian móten cestre and cynestól

    where they may evermore possess cities and a kingly throne,

    • Cd. 220
    • ;
    • Th. 283,
    • 1;
    • Sat. 298: Chr. 975
    • ;
    • Erl. 125,
    • 31.
  • Sancta Hierusalem, cynestóla cyst

    holy Jerusalem, choicest of royal cities,

    • Exon. 8b
    • ;
    • Th. 4,
    • 11;
    • Cri. 51
    • .
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