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OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.

SOURCE-REPORTED ATTESTATION

THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.

Merriam-Webster reports the form as the one attestation of cynræden, accusative or dative. The underlying manuscript object was not directly inspected.

Old Englishlate Old English, unique inflected formestablished

cynræden / cynrēde

Merriam-Webster report of kynrædan

“kynrædan”
WITNESS TYPE
Source-reported corpus record
YEAR
1050
LOCATOR
Word History, noun etymology
REPOSITORY
Merriam-Webster historical record
SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
late Old English occurrence, source-reported
FACSIMILE
Not linked
DIRECT INSPECTION
No
CONFIDENCE
established
01

BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE

THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM

TITLE
Kindred — definition, etymology, and first known use
AUTHOR
Merriam-Webster Editors
YEAR
2026
PUBLISHER
Merriam-Webster
SOURCE TYPE
historical dictionary
CITATION KEY
mw-kindred