CIN

Old English Dictionary Entry

CIN

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: cyn, Related words:

Definitions

1 CIN

e; f. The CHIN; mentum :-- Cin mentum, Wrt. Voc. 71, 1. [Chauc, chinne: Piers P. chyn: Laym. chin: O. Sax. kinni, n: O. Frs. kin, ken: Dut. kin, f: Ger. M. H. Ger. kinn, n: O. H. Ger. kinni, n: Goth. kinnus, f. the cheek: Dan. kind, m. f: Swed. kind, f: Icel. kinn, f: Lat. gena; Grk. GREEK : Sansk. hanu, m. f. the jaw.] DER. cin-bán. cin,cinn

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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