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Cyneheard
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Kyneheard
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Kunihard, from gmw-pro *kuni lineage, clan *hard(ī) *hard spear 1. Equivalent to ang cynn heard. Cognate with goh Chunihard.
Pronunciation
Cyneheard
Proper noun
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ang male
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXXIIII Hēr Cyneheard ofslōh Cynewulf cyng ⁊ hē þǣr wearð ofsleġen ⁊ LXXXIIII manna mid him. ⁊ þā onfeng Brihtrīċ Westseaxna rīċes, ⁊ hē rixode XVI winter ⁊ his līc lið æt Werhām. Year 784 In this year Cyneheard killed King Cynewulf, and eight-four men were slain with him. And then Brightric became king of the West Saxons. He reigned sixteen years and his body lies at Werham.
Cyneheard the Ætheling
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