Gum-cynn

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

gum-cynn

Substitute: I. mankind :-- Gumcynnes gehwone (cf. moncynnes gehwone, Cri. 1027), B. 2765. Hé þæt wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, forgrípan gumcynne, Gen. 1275. II. a (noble) race, family, tribe, people (cf. Idisí. . . gumkunnies wíf, Mariun munilíka, Hél. 5785) :-- 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 sefter gumcynnum, 944. gum-cynn