kineriche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche
• cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English)
• kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cynerīċe (“a kingdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī; equivalent to kine- +‎ -riche and cognate with Old High German chuneriche, Middle Dutch conrike. See also kingriche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkin(ə)rit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)rik(ə)/
• (unreduced) IPA^(key): /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːk(ə)/

Noun

kineriche (plural kineriches or (early) kinerichen)

1. The realm of a king; a kingdom.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche

2. Royal authority or dominion.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)

3. The people of a (divine) kingdom.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom

4. (figurative) The Kingdom of God; the divine kingdom.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)

5. (figurative) Divine authority or power.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom

Descendants

• Middle Scots: kinrik
  • Scots: kinrick

References

• “kinerīche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.