Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisceop-cynn

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 bisceop-cynn

n. An episcopal race :-- Ꝥ mǽre biscopcyn þe com of Aarone ... men ne ceósað nú of nánum biscopcynne óðerne biscop, ac of ǽlcum cynne, Ll. Th. ii. 380, 20-26. bisceop-cynn

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚳᛇᛈ-ᚳᚣᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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