cyning

Old English

Statue of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex

Alternative forms

• cyng, cyneg, cynig, cuning, kyning, kuning

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.ninɡ/, [ˈky.niŋɡ]

Noun

cyning m (nominative plural cyningas)

1. 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 (in compounds, toponymic); gug, kug (in compounds, influenced by Old Norse (see etymology)); knyng (transmission error); chinge, chinȝ, cing, cining, cinȝ, ging, keing, keng, kingk, kingue, kining, kink, kyng, kynge
  • English: king (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: keeng, king
  • Yola: kinge, king

Usage notes

• When used as an appended title to a king, cyning is placed after the king's name, unlike in modern English. For example, a king named Eādweard would be referred to as Eādweard cyning.

See also

• landfruma