lineage.gen

cynn

N (neut, a-stem)

A sort, kind

Source: Ringe 2014:30, https://bosworthtoller.com/7159

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5 (lǣċecynn)

originates from

PGmc *kunją "lineage" (kunją > kunj > kuni > kyni > kyne) through pgmc-to-oe – Leveling from oblique case form cynnj- (Ringe 2014:47)

(source: Ringe 2014:30)

PGmc *kunja- "lineage" (kunja- > kunj > kuni > kyni > kyne) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:311)

Inflected forms

cynnes "lineage.gen" (oe-gen) in Aelfric's Colloquy 3

Component of compounds

monncynn "mankind"

lǣċecynn "physician-lineage"

Paradigms