Gim-cyn

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

gim-cyn

Add; (l) a kind of gem :-- Smaragdus ꝥ gimcyn, Nar. 5, l. Hwelc fremu byþ þām gītsere ꝥ hē ǣlces gimcynnes genōg begite, Bt. 26, 3 ; F. 94, 13. Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte, Nar. 26. 32. His brȳdbūras wǣron eorcnanstānum, unionibus and carbunculis þǣm gimcynnum swīþast gefrætwode, Nar. 5, 4. (2) a gem of a particular kind :-- Golde geglengde and gimcynnum (cf. mid ǣlces cynnes gimmum. Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 27), Met. 15, 4: 25, 6. Þā rōde golde beweorcean and gimcynnum, mid eorcnanstānum besettan, El. 1064. Sēcan ǣgþer ge hwīte gimmas ge reáde, and ǣlces cynnes gimcyn, Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 18. gim-cyn