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"english": "There are two kinds of restraint. One is physical, the other spiritual.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. John the Baptist\"\nTwā forhæfdnesse cynn sind. Ān is līchamlīċ, ōðer gāstlīċ.",
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"english": "Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.",
"ref": "c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1",
"text": "Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.",
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"english": "Tigris [Latin for \"tiger\"] is a river and a species of animal.",
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"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nBe þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.",
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"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIs ēac tō witenne þæt naman bēoþ oft ōðres cynnes on Lǣden and ōðres cynnes on Englisċ.",
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"english": "There are two kinds of restraint. One is physical, the other spiritual.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. John the Baptist\"\nTwā forhæfdnesse cynn sind. Ān is līchamlīċ, ōðer gāstlīċ.",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.",
"ref": "c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1",
"text": "Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.",
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"english": "Tigris [Latin for \"tiger\"] is a river and a species of animal.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nTigris is ān ēa and ānes cynnes dēor.",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nBe þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.",
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"family (especially regarding a lineage)"
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"english": "Note also that nouns are often one gender in Latin and another gender in English.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nIs ēac tō witenne þæt naman bēoþ oft ōðres cynnes on Lǣden and ōðres cynnes on Englisċ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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{
"word": "cyn"
}
],
"word": "cynn"
}
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