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§597;
Substitute:
a royal ordinance or
law
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  • Ꝥte ryhte ǽw and ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode wǽron, ꝥte nǽnig ealdor*-*monna . . . wǽre áwendende þás úre dómas,

      Ll. Th. i. 102, 9.
supreme authority, especially
royal authority, royalty, empire
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  • Cynidóm, cynedoom

    respublica,

      Txts. 92, 859.

  • Cynedóm

    sceptrum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 7.

  • Stande án crístendóm and án cynedóm on þeóde,

      Ll. Th. ii. 302, 8; Wlfst. 267, 24.

  • Cynedómes

    potestatis, i. imperii,

      An. Ox. 3943.

  • Hé wæs mid ungemete girnende þæs cynedómes

    dominationis hausit cupiditatem,

      Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 25.

  • Hé mid gódum weorcum geglengde his kynedóm and his kynedómes geweóld feówertig geára,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 11: Ps. C. 149.

  • Kynedóme

    regio,

      An. Ox. 43, 3.

  • Claudius Orcadas ðá eáland geþeódde tó Rómwara cynedóme (cf. ríce, 15, 7) (

    Romano imperio

    ),
      Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 14, 5: Chr. 47; P. 6, 24.

  • Eardwulf féng tó Norþanhymbran cinedóme (ríce,

    v. l.

    ),
      795; P. 57, 18.

  • Wé under ánum cynedóme ǽnne crístendóm healdan willað,

      Ll. Th. i. 304, 8.

  • Crístendóm and cynedóm healdan and wealdan,

      350, 3: Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 6.

  • Þone cynedóm ciósan

    to accept the crown,

      B. 2376.

  • Cynedómas

    fasces, i. honores, dignitates,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 51: 35, 11.

  • Cynedómum

    sceptris,

      An. Ox. 12, 14.
noble estate, royal rank or
dignity
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  • Apollonius forlét his þone wurðfullan cynedóm (cf. Apollonius wæs ealdorman on Tiro, 3, 24), and mangeres naman genam, Ap. Th. 10, 7. III a.

    the fine paid for the offence to the royal dignity where a king is slain

    :-- Norðleóda cynges gild is .xxx. þúsend þrymsa, fífténe þúsend þrymsa bið þæs wergildes, .xv. þúsend þæs cynedómes. Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum,
      Ll. Th. i. 186, 2-5.

  • For þám cynedóme (

    for the offence done to the royal dignity

    ) gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde,
      190, 7.
royal property. v. cyne-lic
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  • Cynedómes fisci (cf.

    fiscus

    kyninga seód,
      39, 80), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 60.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. kin-dom.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cyne-dóm.” 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/42405.

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