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mynecenu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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  • Mynecenu

    monacha vel monialis

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28.

  • Munuc and mynecenu ðe Gode sylfum beóþ gehálgode, and hyra gehát Gode geháten habbaþ,

    • L. Ecg. P. iii. II.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 198, 32.

  • Seó mynecynu

    monacha,

    • iv. 9
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 206, 16 : Homl. Th. ii. 184, I.

  • Bysn be sumere mynecyne,

    • 546, 26.

  • Gif hwá mynecene, ðe Godes brýd biþ geháten, him tó wífe nimþ, beó heó ámánsumad,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 19
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 188, 21.

  • Godes þeówas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan,

    • L. Eth. v. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 304, 26.

  • Munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan,

    • vi. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 314, 17: L. C. E. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 364, 7.

  • Be mynecenan. Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian, efne swá wé cwǽdon ǽror be munecan (v. next paragraph where preóstas and nunnan are taken together),

    • L. I. P. 15
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 31-33.

  • Eugenia hæfde ásteald mynecena mynster,

    • Homl. Skt. 2, 311.

  • Munecena mynstru,

    • R. Ben. 136, 4.

  • Ða forlǽtenan mynstru mid munecum gesettan and eác mid mynecenum,

    • Chart. Th. 240, 17.

  • Basilisca wearþ módor ofer manega mynecena,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 85.

  • Mynecæna,

    • Lchdm. iii. 440, 15.

  • [Ealra ðare landa ðe intó ðæ mynechina lífe æt Wiltúne forgifene synt,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 117, 25.
Etymology
Laym. munechene
:
Piers P. monchen
:
Trev. minchin.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mynecenu.” 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/23310.

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