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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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Bosworth, Joseph. “cyne-stól.” 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/7136.

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