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Definition of Cynewulf
1. Noun. Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynewulf
Literary usage of Cynewulf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"Yet the work of Cynewulf and his school marks an advance upon the writings of
the school of Caedmon. Even the latter is, at times, subjective and personal ..."
2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"Cynewulf, saddened by the fall of friends, then gave up the active for the
contemplative life; he became a monk, and through the good offices of the retired ..."
3. Old English Poems: Translated Into the Original Meter, Together with Short by Cosette Faust Newton, Stith Thompson (1918)
"Several other poems have been ascribed to Cynewulf, especially Andreas, ...
The Riddles were formerly thought to be by Cynewulf, but recent scholars have, ..."
4. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"CHAPTER XXV UNSIGNED POEMS EITHER BY Cynewulf OR BY ... Many attribute only the
second part to Cynewulf: and those who think that he wrote the whole, ..."
5. English Literature, from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1898)
"Cynewulf, to whom almost all the critics attribute the poem, ... A translation
of them •will best express the careful imagination of Cynewulf, ..."
6. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1892)
"I cannot class it after the Christ, for the Christ is written with all the poetic
power which Cynewulf possessed, and a poet in his power does not fall back ..."
7. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... Cynewulf, who was born not many years before the death of Bede and whose
literary activity was displayed in the latter half of the eighth century. ..."
8. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1901)
"In the life to come is the rapture which fills the hymns of Cynewulf. ...
Cynewulf, with whom the second period of Old English poetry begins, was, ..."
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