Strīnd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Strīnd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: strȳnd, e; Related words: eormen-strȳnd; streónan, streón. strind

Definitions

1 strīnd

f. A generation, stock, race, kin, tribe :-- Hē ne wæs of dearfendum folce ac wæs æþelre strȳnde non erat de paupere vulgo, sed de nobilibus, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 34. Wæs hē of æþelre strȳnde Angel-deóde de nobilibus Anglorum, 5, 19 ; S. 637, 40. Of dære cynelīcan strȳnde de stirpe regia, 5, 7; S. 621, 8. Of Wōdenes strȳnde (stirpe) monigra mǣgþa cyningcynn fruman lǣdde, I. 15 ; S. 483, 30. Hié wǣron of Dauides cynnes strȳnde. Blickl. Homl. 23, 28. His cynnes lātwua from don dæt fore biþ his strȳnde tribunus, ab eo quod praessit tribui, Rtl. 193, 15. In strȳnd twoelfa in tribus duodecim, 78, 26. Doemende twoelf strȳnda, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 28. Strȳndum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 30. [Of heore strund (owene streone, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2736. Strend toward generatio futura, Ps. 21, 32. Streon of a swuch strunde, Jul. 55, 17. Þet tu wite me wid ham (deadly sins) and alle heore strunden, A. R. 28, 7.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᛁᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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