wercynn

Old English

Etymology

wer +‎ cynn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwerˌkynn/, [ˈwerˌkyn]

Noun

wercynn n

1. mankind (men as a group, as opposed to womankind)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wercynn	—
accusative	wercynn	—
genitive	wercynnes	—
dative	wercynne	—

Synonyms

• (men as a group, as opposed to womankind) wǣpnedcynn

Antonyms

• wīfcynn

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wercynn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.