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CYN

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
CYN, cynn,es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §47; §112; §157; §254; §272; §274; §310; §355; §356;
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ; genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies
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  • Ðæt hie ne móton ǽgnian mid yrmþum Israhéla cyn

    that they may not hold in misery the race of Israel,

    • Cd. 156
      • ;
    • Th. 194,
      • 24;
    • Exod. 265: 170
      • ;
    • Th. 213,
      • 21;
    • Exod. 555
      • .

  • Monna cynn

    hominum genus,

    • Exon. 20b
      • ;
    • Th. 55,
      • 23;
    • Cri. 888: 98b
      • ;
    • Th. 370,
      • 1;
    • Seel. 50: Cd. 212
      • ;
    • Th. 261,
      • 33;
    • Dan. 735
      • .

  • Eorþan cynn

    terræ tribus,

    • Ps. Th. 71,
      • 18.

  • Eal engla cynn

    all the race of angels,

    • Exon. 75a
      • ;
    • Th. 281,
      • 10;
    • Jul. 644
      • .

  • Eall gimma cynn

    all kinds of gems,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3037
      • ;
    • An. 1521
      • .

  • Fór cynn æfter cynne

    tribe went after tribe,

    • Cd. 161
      • ;
    • Th. 200,
      • 3;
    • Exod. 351
      • .

  • Ðis cynn ne byþ útadryfen

    hoc genus non ejicitur,

    • Mt. Bos. 17,
      • 21.

  • Ðæt wíf wæs hǽðen, Sirofenisces cynnes

    erat mulier gentīlis, Syrophœnissa genere,

    • Mk. Bos. 7,
      • 26.

  • Lá næddrena cyn

    progenies viperarum,

    • Mt. Bos. 3,
      • 7.

  • Of cynne on cynn

    from generation to generation;

    a progenie in, progeniem,
    • Ps. Th. 84, 5: 88,
      • 1.

  • Adames cyn

    the race of Adam,

    • Cd. 222
      • ;
    • Th. 289,
      • 35;
    • Sat. 408: Exon. 22a
      • ;
    • Th. 59,
      • 33;
    • Cri. 961
      • .

  • Ymb fisca cynn

    de piscium genere,

    • Exon. 96b
      • ;
    • Th. 360,
      • 6;
    • Wal. 1
      • .
in grammar, —
Gender; genus
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  • Syndon twá cynn , — masculinum, ðæt is werlíc, and femininum, wíflíc. Werlíc cynn biþ ðes wer hic vir: there are two genders, — masculine, that is manlike, and feminine, womanlike. Masculine gender is ðes wer

    this man,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 6
      • ;
    • Som. 5, 27,
      • 28.

  • Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe he, oððe heó

    every animal is either he, or she,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Som. 5,
      • 34.

  • Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces

    neuter is neither kind, neither of male nor of female,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Som. 5,
      • 32.

  • Ðis gebýraþ oftost to náðrum cynne, swá swá is ðis word hoc verbum: this oftest belongeth to the neuter gender, as is ðis word

    this word,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Som. 5. 35
      • .

  • Twílíces cynnes ðæt Is

    dubii generis,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Som. 5,
      • 46.

  • Sume naman synd óðres cynnes on ánfealdum getele, and óðres cynnes on mænigfealdum getele

    some nouns are of one gender in the singular number, and of another gender in the plural number,

    • 13
      • ;
    • Som. 16,
      • 25.

  • The m. f. n. occur in the following sentence, indicated by the articles se, seó, ðæt Seó sáwel ys má ðonne se líchama, and se líchama má ðonne ðæt reáf

    anima plus est guam esca, et corpus plus quam vestimentum,

    • Lk. Bos. 12,
      • 23.
a sex; sexus
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  • Hwæðeres cynnes bearn heó cennan sceal

    of which sex she shall bear a child,

    • Lchdm. iii. 144,
      • 6.
Etymology
[
Wyc. kyn family, generation:
Chauc. kin:
Piers P. kynne:
R. Glouc. R. Brun. kyn:
Laym. cun, kun race, progeny, kind:
Orm. kin:
O. Sax. kunni, cunni, n. race:
Dut. kunne, f. gender:
Kil. konne, kunne genus, species, sexus:
O. Frs. ken, kin, kon, n. genus:
M. H. Ger. künne, n. family:
O. H. Ger. kunni, n. genus, gens:
Dan. kjön, n. genus:
Swed. kön, n. sex; kynne, n. disposition:
Icel. kyn, n. a kind, kin:
Lat. genus, gens:
Grk. γένος :
Sansk. janus gens
.]
Derived forms
cyn-recen, cynn-recceniss, -ren, -ryn, ælf-cyn, ælf-cynn, átor-, cyne-, deór-, earfoþ-, engel-, eormen-, eorþ-, fæderen-, feorh-, fífel-, fisc-, fleóh-, from-, frum-, fugel-, fugol-, gim-, gum-, hǽðen-, helle-, heoloþ- [ = hæleþ-], hwǽte-, lǽce-, man-, médren-, óm-, orf-, sigor-, treó-, wǽpned-, wer-, wyrm-, wyrt-
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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/7096.

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