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cnyll

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Wright's OE grammar
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clang, sound from metal
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  • S. Petrus þá duru belýcó . . . and hé þonne weorpeð þá cǽga ofer his exle intó helle. . . . Hlúd bið se cnyll ofer ealle eorðan, þonne seó cǽg fealleð innon helle,

      Hml. A. 169, 138.
the stroke, sound of a bell
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  • Fram þám cnylle

    a primo pulsu,

      Angl. xiii. 432, 964.
  • Siðþan hý þone forman cnyl (

    signum

    ) tó nóne gehýren,
      R. Ben. 74, 5.
  • Þone óðerne cnyll

    secundum signum,

      R. Ben. I. 82, 13.
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v. fore-cnyll.
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