Cynewulf

[kin-uh-woolf]

noun

1. flourished 9th century a.d., Anglo-Saxon poet.

Cynewulf

/ ˈkɪnɪˌwʊlf, ˈkɪnˌwʊlf /

noun

1. ?8th century _ad , Anglo-Saxon poet; author of Juliana, The Ascension, Elene, and The Fates of the Apostles

Example Sentences

King Cynewulf of Wessex - murdered by a rival at his mistress's house in Merton in 786.

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The Vercelli Book takes us back in the writings of Cynewulf to the eighth century; the Exeter manuscript looks back even farther and introduces us to the singers of heathen or semi-heathen times.

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The three are commonly known as Cynewulf’s Christ, but the runic signature attests only the second.

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Mr. Brooke has remarked upon a similarity between the Tempest of Cynewulf and Shelley's Ode to the West Wind.

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After seven years Ina slew Cynewulf, and after six months made war against the Southern English.

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