cyning

Old English

Statue of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex

Alternative forms

cyng, cyneg, cynig, kyning

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, perhaps from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to procreate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkyninɡ/, [ˈkyniŋɡ]

Noun

cyning m (nominative plural cyningas)

king
On blindra lande biþ se ānīeġa cyning.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Declension

Declension of cyning (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cyning	cyningas
accusative	cyning	cyningas
genitive	cyninges	cyninga
dative	cyninge	cyningum

Derived terms

cyningdōm

Descendants

Middle English: king, kenin, kening, kinig
- English: king, kyng, kynge
  - Tok Pisin: king
  - → Isubu: kinge
  - → Japanese: キング (kingu)
  - → Maori: kingi
- Scots: keeng, king

See also

landfruma

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