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cyn

  • adjective
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cyn, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §47; §112; §157; §254; §272; §274; §310; §355; §356;
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  • Suá is cynn ðæt sió giémen sié ðám beboden

    dignum est, ut cura ei imponatur,

      Past. 43, 24: 45, 2, 5: 185, 6.

  • Suá hit is cynn ðætte . . . ,

      195, 20.

  • Hit is cynn (

    justum est

    ) ðæt wé ðæs gemǽnelíce brúcen,
      337, 3.

  • Hit is cyn ðæt wé úre scomigen

    debemus erubescere,

      407, 15.

  • Þonne is hit cyn ꝥ gé þone mid eádmédum gesécen, Ll. Th. ii. 410, 25. ¶ as substantive,

    a worthy, proper proceeding

    :-- Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige,
      Ll. Th. ii. 420, 31.

  • Nis hit nán cyn ꝥ mon ꝥ for náuht telle,

      Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 19.

  • Éóde forð cwén Hróðgáres cynna gemyndig, grétte guman,

      B. 613.

  • Hé grétan eóde cuman cúðlíce, cynna gemunde riht and gerisno,

      Gen. 2431.

  • Þú mín costadest cynnum (

    properly

    ),
      Ps. Th. 138, 1.
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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/42391.

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