Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

cyneg

(n.)

a king

Entry preview:

a king, Jos. 10, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 540, 17

cyninges wyrt

Entry preview:

Cyninges wyrt samsuhthon, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 7. Cinges wyrt samsuchon, Lch. iii. 305, col. 1. Add

cynn

(n.)
Grammar
cynn, es; n.

A sort, kindgenus

Entry preview:

A sort, kind; genus, Ps. Th. 144, 13

cyng

(n.)

a king

Entry preview:

a king, Chr. 664; Erl. 34, 20 : 894; Erl. 91, 32 : L. Ath. iv. pref; Th. i. 220, 1

cynn

(adj.)

suitable, fit

Entry preview:

suitable, fit Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 24: L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 11. MS. H

Cyninges tún

(n.)

Kingston

Entry preview:

Kingston, Chr. 979; Th. 235, 9, col. 1

cynning-stán

(n.)
Grammar
cynning-stán, es; m. [cennan

A trying-stonetessera

Entry preview:

to try, prove; stán a stone] A trying-stone;tessera Cynning-stán on tæfle a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board; pyrgus [ = πύργος], turricula,Ælfc. Gl.

Linked entry: cenning-stán

wyrm-cynn

Entry preview:

Ofer weormcynna cyningce super basiliscum, Ps. L. 90, 13. Add

heoloþ-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
heoloþ-cynn, es; n.

A race living in a place of concealment[?]the devils in hell

Entry preview:

A race living in a place of concealment[?], the devils in hell, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 19; Cri. 1542

hwǽte-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

Wheat-kind Hé ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

médren-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
médren-cynn, es; n.

Maternal kinkin by the mother's side

Entry preview:

Maternal kin, kin by the mother's side Ælfrédes reht meódrencynn Alfred's direct maternal kin, Chart. Th. 483, 5. Ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan, nú wé áreccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 34; Cri. 246

sealf-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sealf-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

An ointment Sealfcyn (seals-, Wrt.) amaracium (cf. Span, unguento amaracino a sort of ointment made of marjoram ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 74

sprǽc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

A mode of speaking Bóc be gesetnessum and gemetum sprǽccynna libellum de figuris modisque locutionum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 42

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

A kind of tree or wood, a tree, a wood Abies ðæt treówcyn, Nar. 8, 21. Treócynn, Exon. Th. 472, 20; Bo. 2. Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl ðe on ðæm lande sý gewexen, Lchdm. i. 398, 7. Hé ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt hé com

ác-cynn

Entry preview:

Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 54. Add

Angel-cynn

Entry preview:

Þá hálgan þe Angelcynn wurþað, Hml. S. p. 4, 42. On Angolcynnes bócum, ðæt is on Istoria Anglorum, Shrn. 137, 6; 59, 12. Mid wópe Angelcynnes monna, 134, 24. Æðelbryht ǽrest fulluht onféng on Angelcynne, Ll. Th. i. 58, 26. Geond Angelcynn (-kynn, v.

bisceop-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

An episcopal race Ꝥ mǽre biscopcyn þe com of Aarone ... men ne ceósað nú of nánum biscopcynne óðerne biscop, ac of ǽlcum cynne, Ll. Th. ii. 380, 20-26

bóc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

A kind of book Saga mé hwæt bóccynna and hú fela sindon, Sal. K. p. 192, 8

fisc-cynn

Entry preview:

Saga mé, hú fela is fisccynna on wætere? Ic ðé secge vi and xx, Sal. K. p. 190, 20: 204, 9. Add

cynn-recceniss

Entry preview:

Crístes cynnreccenise ( generatio ) suǽ wæs, Mt. L. 1, 18. Bóc cynnrecenisse liber generationis, p. 9, 13. Add