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mann-cynn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mann-cynn, es; n.
mankind, men, the human race
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  • Engla hláf ǽton mancynn

    panem angelorum manducavit homo,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 25.

  • Sende se Fæder his áncennedan sunu tó cwale for mancynnes álýsednysse,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 6, 17.

  • For ealles mancynnes hǽle,

    • Blickl. Homl. 129, 14.

  • Ord moncynnes (

    Adam

    ),
    • Cd. 55
      • ;
    • Th. 68, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 1111.

  • Drihten of deáþe árás mancynne tó bysene,

    • Blickl. Homl. 83, 21.

  • Hió sceoldan geond ðysne middangeard mancynne bodian.

    • 121, 4.

  • Hine on woruld tó moncynne módor brohte,

    • Cd. 132
      • ;
    • Th. 167, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 2770.

  • Hine feor forwræc Metod mancynne fram

    the Lord drove him away far from men,

    • Beo. Th. 221
      • ;
    • B. 110.

  • Hé wolde mancyn lýsan,

    • Rood Kmbl. 82
      • ;
    • Kr. 41: Blickl. Homl. 71, 26.

  • Hé ealle eáðmódnysse wið mancynn gecýðde,

    • 123, 31.
a race of men, a people, men (a limited number)
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  • Ðonne is sum eáland on ðære Reádan Sǽ ðǽr is moncynn (

    hominum genus

    )

    ðæt is mid ús Donestre genemned,

    • Nar. 37, 1.

  • Æfter ðam ðe Iosue ðæt mankyn (

    the Israelites

    )

    gebrohte tó ðam behátenan earde.

    • Jud. pref. 3.

  • Hé ða burg gewann and eall ðæt moncynn ácwealde

    he took the town and slew all the inhabitants,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 112, 16.

  • Micel ðæs moncynnes sum ácwealde sum on Mæcedonie lǽdde

    magnam Romanorum praesidiorum multitudinem partim occidit, partim in Macedoniam duxit,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 208, 15.
Etymology
[
Laym. mon-kun
:
Orm. mann-kinn
:
Ayenb. man-kende
:
O. Sax. man-kunni
:
Icel. mann-kyn
:
O. H. Ger. man-chunni humanum genus, generatio.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mann-cynn.” 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/22357.

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