- mancynn
- n (-es/-) mankind; inhabitants, people, men; bergu \mancynnes God
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mankind — man kind , n. [AS. mancynn. See {Kin} kindred, {Kind}, n.] 1. The human race; man, taken collectively. [1913 Webster] The proper study of mankind is man. Pore. [1913 Webster] 2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mannaz — *Mannaz or *Manwaz (ᛗ) is the Proto Germanic term for man , in the gender neutral sense of individual, human being and is also the reconstructed name of the m rune runic|ᛗ. It also implies the links between the Self and Mankind, Relationships, as … Wikipedia
De Falsis Deis — De falsis deis, also known as ”Homily XII ” and ”On False Gods””, is one of the homilies written by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York and was an expansion of part of one of Ælfric of Eynsham’s homilies. Both works also drew on the writing of Martin … Wikipedia
mankind — the human race, c.1300, earlier man kende (early 13c.), from MAN (Cf. man) (n.) + KIND (Cf. kind) (n.). Replaced O.E. mancynn human race. Also used occasionally in Middle English for male persons (late 14c.), but otherwise preserving the original … Etymology dictionary
mankind — [man′kīnd΄; ] for 1, also [ man kīnd′] n. [altered (by assoc. with KIND < mankin < OE mancynn < man, MAN, + cynn, KIN] 1. all human beings; the human race 2. all human males; the male sex … English World dictionary
