Cyne-hláford

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cyne-hláford

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 35; Th. i. 312, 21: ix. 44; Th. i. 350, 12. cyne-hlaford

Definitions

1 cyne-hláford

m. [hláford a lord] A royal lord, sovereign lord, king; regius vel supremus dominus, rex :-- Be his cynehláfordes geþafunge with the permission of his royal lord, Cod. Dipl. 593; A. D. 965-975; Kmbl. iii. 127, 8. Æt his leófan cynehláforde Eádgáre cyninge from his dear sovereign lord king Edgar, 583; A. D. 963-975; Kmbl. iii. 111, 26: 598; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 138, 22: Chr. 1016; Erl. 158, 5, 17, 29. Ðæt we ealle ánum cynehláforde holdlíce hýran that we all faithfully obey one sovereign lord, L. Eth. vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 10. Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan let us faithfully support one sovereign lord,

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᚾᛖ-ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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