fifelcynn

== Old English == === Etymology === From fīfel +‎ cynn (“kin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiː.felˌkynn/, [ˈfiː.velˌkyn] === Noun === fīfelcynn n (poetic) monsterkind; the race of giants or monsters Fen ond fæsten, fifelcynnes eard. ― Fen and fastness, the land of monsterkind. (Beowulf) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fífel-cyn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.