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Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, cyne- (“royal”) + heard (“hard”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cyneheard m
- a male given name
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCLXXXIIII Hēr Cyneheard ofslōh Cynewulf cyng ⁊ hē þǣr wearð ofsleġen ⁊ LXXXIIII manna mid him. ⁊ þā onfeng Brihtrīċ Westseaxna rīċes, ⁊ hē rixode XVI winter ⁊ his līc lið æt Werhām.- Year 784 In this year Cyneheard killed King Cynewulf, and eight-four men were slain with him. And then Brightric became king of the West Saxons. He reigned sixteen years and his body lies at Werham.
- Cyneheard the Ætheling