Cynewulf
Sign in to saveCynewulf (, ; also spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf) is one of twelve Old English poets known by name, and one of four whose work is known to survive today. He presumably flourished in the 9th century, with possible dates extending into the late 8th and early 10th centuries.
Person · Open Library
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- Cynewulf's 'Elene'
- Concordance to Cynewulf
- Elene
- Andreas
- Andreas ; and, The fates of the apostles
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- Total plays
- 830
Cynewulf is a band started by the internet users APEOX and Zastra in December of 2023. To quote the Spotify page, "One day, two idiotic friends made a joke band that turned into a serious project. Then 3 other people joined. Then they Cynewulf'd. And we made music until the sun exploded. The end." <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cynewulf">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Place of birth
- England
- Place of death
- England
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Old English
- Native language
- Old English
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- date of birth
- 0900-01-01
- date of death
- 0900-00-00
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- Cynewulf
- Commons category
- Cynewulf (poet)
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Cynewulf (, ; also spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf) is one of twelve Old English poets known by name, and one of four whose work is known to survive today. He presumably flourished in the 9th century, with possible dates extending into the late 8th and early 10th centuries.
Cynewulf is a well-attested Anglo-Saxon given name derived from cyne "royal, of a king" and wulf "wolf".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cynewulf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.