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from-cyn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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from-cyn, -cynn, es; n.
a from-kin, offspring, progeny, posterity; prōgĕnies, prōles
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  • Gif ðú wille habban holdne freónd ðínum fromcynne

    if thou wilt have a faithful friend to thine offspring,

    • Cd. 106
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    • Th. 139, 23
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    • Gen. 2314.
  • Ðæt ðú hyra fromcynn ýcan wolde

    that thou wouldest increase their offspring,

    • Exon. 53 b
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    • Th. 187, 19
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    • Az. 33.
  • Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas

    fill the regions of the earth with your offspring,

    • Cd. 75
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    • Th. 92, 25
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    • Gen. 1534: 100
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    • Th. 133, 1
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    • Gen. 2204.
the race from which one springs, ancestry, origin; gĕnus, ŏrigo
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  • Fród wæs mín fromcynn

    my ancestry was ancient,

    • Exon. 127b
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    • Th. 490, 16
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    • Rä. 80, 1: Th. 491, 2
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    • Rä. 80, 8.
  • Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc, ðe ðín fromcyn mǽge, fira bearnum, sweotule geséðan

    there is not any so wise, who may manifestly declare thine origin to the children of men,

    • Exon. 11 a
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    • Th. 15, 26
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    • Cri. 242.
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  • from-cyn, n.