Old English · noun
cynerice
Normalised cynerīċe
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈky.neˌriː.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈky · ne · ˌriː · t͡ʃe (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- realmdominionauthority
Meaning
-
The authority of a king; dominion.
the young Edgar,
ring-giver of men, departed from life. His son then ascended to the throne, a child not yet grown, a king of earls, whose name was Edward.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt on þone eahtoðan dæġ Ēadgār of līfe, beorna bēahġifa. Feng his bearn syþþa -
The realm of a king; a kingdom.
Binnan fīf and twēntiġ ġēara Philippus ġeēode ealle þā cynerīċu þe on Crēcum wǣron.
Within twenty-five years, Phillip conquered all the kingdoms in Greece.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī; equivalent to cyne- (“king”) + -rīċe (“realm”). Cognate with Old High German chuneriche.
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