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Engel-cyn

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1 engel-cyn

n. [engel angĕlus; cyn, cynn gĕnus] The angel race or order; genus vel ordo angĕlōrum :-- Wæs ðæt engelcyn [MS. encgelcyn] genemnad the angel race was named, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 12; Sat. 366. Ðú sitest ofer ðam engelcynne thou sittest above the angel race. Elen. Kmbl. 1463; El. 733. Hæfde se Ealwalda engelcynna tyne getrymede the Almighty had ten established orders of angels, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 21; Gen. 246: Andr. Kmbl. 1434; An. 717. engel-cyn
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛝᛖᛚ-ᚳᚣᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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