Cynewulf

American  

[kin-uh-woolf] / ˈkɪn əˌwʊlf /

noun

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

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Cynewulf British  

/ ˈkɪnɪˌwʊlf, ˈkɪnˌwʊlf /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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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If Cynewulf is to be allowed high poetic rank, it must be on the ground of his authorship of other works than those which he has signed.

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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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These things having been premised, Cynewulf frequently fought no slight battles against the Britons.

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and the poems of Beowulf, Cædmon, and Cynewulf, should be glanced at to see what sort of people our ancestors were.

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