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cyne-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
cyne-líc, cynellíc, cynelec; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§634;
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ; regius, regalis, publicus
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  • Eádward cyng man bebyrigde bútan ǽlcum cynelícum wurþscipe

    king Edward was buried without any kingly honour,

    • Chr. 979
      • ;
    • Erl. 129,
      • 3.

  • Ðæt is cynelíc þing

    that is a royal thing,

    • Exon. 124b
      • ;
    • Th. 478,
      • 26;
    • Ruin. 48
      • .

  • Wæs ðæs ylcan mynstres abbudisse on ða tíd seó cynellíce fǽmne Ælflǽd

    præerat quidem tunc eidem monasterio regia virgo Ælbflæd,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 26;
    • S. 603,
      • 3.

  • Ðæt se cynelíca hád ðæs hálgan weres éce gemynd hæfde

    ut regia viri sancti persona memoriam haberet æternam,

    • 3, 11, S. 535,
      • 30.

  • In ðæm cynelecan túne

    in the royal town,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 17;
    • S. 543, 21, col. 2
      • .

  • Cynelícre

    publica,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145,
      • 30.

  • Cynelíco getimbro and ánlípie

    publica ædificia et privata,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 15;
    • S. 483,
      • 45.

  • Chaldéas cynelícan getimbro mid fýre fornámon [MS. fornaman]

    the Chaldeans destroyed the royal buildings with fire,

    • 1,
      • 15;
    • S. 483,
      • 42.

  • He onféng cynelícum gewǽdum and com on Breotone he took the royal robes and came into Britain, 1, 6; S. 476, 19, note. Wið ða cynelícan ádle ðe man auriginem nemneþ

    ad morbum regium, hoc est,

    auriginem [ = auruginem], Herb. 87, 1; Lchdm. i. 190, 14.

  • Cynelíc reáf

    trabea,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 63
      • ;
    • Som. 68,
      • 122;
    • Wrt. Voc. 40,
      • 30.

  • Cynelíc [MS. kyne-] botl

    palatium,

    • 81
      • ;
    • Som. 73,
      • 9;
    • Wrt. Voc. 47,
      • 16.
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v.  cynelec cynellíc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cyne-líc.” 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/7127.

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