cyning
/ˈkɪnɪŋ/
cyning noun: an Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
Noun
cyning (plural cynings)
- An Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
- The firſt cynings of the Anglo Saxons ſeem to have been their war-kings, continued for life, and the crown was not hereditary, but elective.1805, Sharon Turner, “The King’s Election and Coronation”, in The History of the Manners, Landed Property, Government, Laws, Poetry, Literature, Religion, and Language, of the Anglo-Saxons, “The...
- To write the history of the numerous Gypsy dynasties in the British Isles, from the somewhat mythical days of Johnnie Faa to the demise of the last of his royal house who claimed and bore the royal title, would be a more difficult task than to trace and verify the genealogy of the petty cynings and...1884, William Brockie, “Preface”, in The Gypsies of Yetholm: Historical, Traditional, Philological, and Humorous, Kelso: J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, […], page iii
Forms of cyning
| plural | cynings |
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Origin of cyning
Learned borrowing from Old English cyning. Doublet of king and knez.
Words that rhyme with cyning
Questions about cyning
- What does cyning mean?
- Cyning means an Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
- What part of speech is cyning?
- Cyning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cyning?
- Cyning is pronounced /ˈkɪnɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of cyning?
- The plural of cyning is cynings.
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