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Definition of Cynwulf
1. Noun. Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynwulf
Literary usage of Cynwulf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early England, Up to the Norman Conquest by Frederick York Powell (1899)
"Cynwulf was a brave king and ruled well. He overcame Ethelbald in battle ...
Cynwulf was slain after a long reign, and his death happened ..."
2. The Christ of Cynewulf: A Poem in Three Parts: The Advent, The Ascension by Cynewulf (1900)
"The Juliana and the Elene have Cynewulf ; the Christ without question, and the
Fates of the Apostles almost certainly, have Cynwulf'; and there is no ..."
3. Inquiry into the rise and growth of the royal prerogative in England by John Allen (1830)
"Cynwulf of Mercia, after the untimely fate of his son, was succeeded in that
kingdom by Ceolwulf and Beorn- wulf; but his private property was inherited by ..."
4. Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle (1884)
"... and Cynwulf man ... And /Ethelwold, bishop (of Lindisfarne) and Acca died,
and Cynwulf was consecrated bishop. ..."
5. An English Miscellany: Presented to Dr. Furnivall in Honour of His Seventy by William Paton Ker, Arthur Sampson Napier, Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... all the 1840 lines—were 'written by an author who gives his name as Cynwulf.'
But as things have happened, this fact has been accidentally concealed; ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the name is spelt Cynewulf; in № Ascension the form is Cynwulf. ... the page
is defaced, but the spelling Cynwulf is almost ..."
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