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wǽpned-cyn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wǽpned-cyn, wǽpned-cynn, es; n.
The male kind or sex
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  • Wǽpnedcyn

    masculinum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 4.

  • Ǽlc þing wǽpnedcynnes

    omne generis masculini,

      Ex. 34, 19: Cd. Th. 139, 19; Gen. 2312: 142, 35; Gen. 2372: 189, 21; Exod. 188.

  • Wið ðon ðe mon oððe nýten wyrm gedrince; gyf hit sý wǽpnedcynnes . . .,

      Lchdm. iii. 10, 11.

  • Hwylce wihta beóð óðre tíd wífcynnes, and óðre tíd wǽpnedcynnes,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 13: Exon. Th. 419, 22; Rä. 39, 1.

  • Ðæt hí má of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ðonne of ðam wæpnedcynne

    ut magis de feminea regum prosapia quam de masculina regent sibi eligerent,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽpned-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/34402.

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