Obs. [OE. fæder cyn (= ON. fǫður kyn), f. fæder, genit. of fæder FATHER + cyn KIN. OE. had also fæd(e)ren cyn, where the former word is an adj.] Descent by the father’s side.

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[?].  O. E. Chron., an. 755 § 3. And hiera ryht fæder cyn gæþ to Cerdice.

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[a. 1000.  Crist., 248 (Gr.). Nu we areccan ne maȝon þæt fædrencynn.]

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 145. Fadyrkyn, or modyrkyn, parentela.

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1556.  J. Heywood, Spider & F., xxxix. 71. From which grownd … by my fatherkin I will not starte.

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