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treów-cynn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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treów-cynn, es; n.
A kind of tree or wood, a tree, a wood
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  • 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 tó ðære lytlan ysopan

    he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall

    (l Kings
      4, 33) Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.

  • Oftost on treówcynne beóþ ða treówa getealde feminini generis and se wæstm neutri generis, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9;

    Zup.

      20, 14.

  • Man worhte Noes earce of ðam treówcynne ðe is genem-ned Sem,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 184, 16: Nar. 10, 13.

  • Ðá ætýwde Drihten Moise án treówcyn and hét dón ðæt treów on ðæt wæter,

      Ex. 15, 25.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “treów-cynn.” 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/31003.

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