"Cyneweard" meaning in Old English

See Cyneweard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]
Etymology: From cyne- (“royal”) + weard (“guard”). Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Cyneweard|sort=}} Cyneweard m, {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Cyneweard}} Cyneweard m
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
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        {
          "english": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cyneweard"
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          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈky.neˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]"
    }
  ],
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