Old English Dictionary Entry

Cynete

Part of speech: an; Related words: 122, 21, 26: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 378, A. D. 939, Kmbl. iii. 413, 22, 30: Cod. Dipl. 1120, A. D. 939, Kmbl. v. 238, 17, 25, 35: 1152, A. D. 944, Kmbl. v. 300, 16, 18: 1199, A. D. 956, Kmbl. v. 376, 6, 16: 1282, A. D. 984, Kmbl. vi. 118, 1, 6.

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1 Cynete

f. I. the river KENNET which rises in Wiltshire; fluvii nomen qui originem suam habet in agro Wiltoniensi :-- Ǽrest on Cynetan, ðæt up andlang strémes . . . ðæt eft innan Cynetan strém first to the Kennet, then up along the stream. . . then again to the river Kennet, Cod. Dipl. 792; A. D. 1050; Kmbl. iII. KENNET, a village on the river Kennet in Wiltshire; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi :-- Wæs fyrd gesomnod æt Cynetan a force was assembled at Kennet, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 23. cynete

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Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᚾᛖᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)

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