Noun: cyning
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | cyning |
| Plural | cyningas |
Genitive
| Singular | cyninges |
| Plural | cyninga |
Dative
| Singular | cyninge |
| Plural | cyningum |
Accusative
| Singular | cyning |
| Plural | cyningas |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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þā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan. (Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.)
Nouns inflected like cyning
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to procreate”). Equivalent to cynn + -ing.
Verbs referencing "cyning"
Middle English Nouns
king, German Nouns
König, Old Norse Nouns
konungr.
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