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§7; §47; §112; §157; §254; §272; §274; §310; §355; §356;
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  • Cyn

    propago,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 33.

  • Gé sint ácoren kynn

    (genus)

    ,
      Past. 85, 18.

  • Cinnes

    stirpis,

      An. Ox. 4587.

  • Cynnes

    gentis,

      26, 32.

  • On mæniges cynnes misdǽdan,

      Ll. Th. i. 322, 20.

  • Mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglenged,

      Bt. 28; F. 100, 27.

  • Ǽlces cynnes gimcyn,

      32, 3; F. 118, 18.

  • Nánes cynnes hæftnung,

      Hml. Th. ii. 358, 20.

  • Mid his ágnum cynne and mid his ágnum burhwarum,

      Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 11.

  • Cyn

    sobolem,

      An. Ox. 4517.

  • Hwæt þá cynn

    (the peoples of Sodom and Gomorrah dydon

    ,
      Gen. 1944.

  • Feorheáceno cynn, þá þe flód wecceð,

      204.

  • On manegra cynna hræglum,

      Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 3.
(noble) family
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  • Swá mǽre (mǽres?) cynnes menn (cf. on ðissere byrig yldest getealde, 151) swá swá hí wǽron,

      Hml. S. 23, 272. v.
æppel-, Angel-, bisceop-, bóc-, cróg-, cyning-, ealdhláford-, eall-, earn-, eft-, hafoc-, hreód-, módor-, riht-fædren-, riht-médren-, sǽd-, sealf-, sprǽc-, stán-, tynder-, wíf-, wilde-, wín-, wudu-cyn.
in line 6 for cynd read cynn.
    v. Ælfc. Gr. Z. 18, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cyn.” 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/42390.

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