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gum-cynn

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Wright's OE grammar
§618;
Substitute:
mankind
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  • Gumcynnes gehwone (cf. moncynnes gehwone,

      Cri. 1027), B. 2765.
  • Hé þæt wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, forgrípan gumcynne,

      Gen. 1275.
a (noble) race, family, tribe, people (cf. Idisí. . . gumkunnies wíf, Mariun munilíka, Hél. 5785)
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  • Eom ic gumcynnes ánga ofer eorðan I am the only one of the race (cf. his sunu . . . , ángan ofer eorðan yrfeláfe

    his only son and heir, Isaac,

      Exod. 403), Rä. 85, 12.
  • Wé synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde

    we are of the noble race of the Greats,

      B. 260.
  • Swá hwylc mægða swá þone magan

    (Beowulf)

    cende æfter gumcynnum, 944.
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