kyng

English

Noun

kyng (plural kyngs)

1. Obsolete spelling of king
   • 1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I‎^[1]:

     For like as the Grekes, beyng occupied aboute triflyng matters, takyng pleasure in resityng of Comedies, and soche other vain thinges, altogether neclecting Marciall feates, gave occasion to Philip kyng of Macedonia, father to Alexander the Great, to oppresse and to bring theim in servitude, under his subjeccion, even so undoubtedly, libertie will not be kepte, but men shall be troden under foote, and brought to moste horrible miserie and calamitie, if thei givyng theim selves to pastymes and pleasure, forssake the juste regarde of their owne defence, and savegarde of their countrie, whiche in temporall regimente, chiefly consisteth in warlike skilfulnesse.

Middle English

Noun

kyng

1. Alternative form of king
   • 1474, [William] Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse‎^[2]:

     So yn a day, as he pleide at þe chesse, & byheld the kyng fette yn the pley, som tyme hy and som tyme lowe, among aufyns and pownys, he thought þerwith þat hit wold be so with him, for he shuld dey, and be hid vndir erth.

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   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 27–29:

     and ſo Merlyon wente forthe vnto kyng lodegean of Camylerde and tolde hym of the deſire of the kyng that þ^t he wolde haue vnto his wyff Gwenyu[er] his douȝt[er]

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kyng

1. imperative of kyngja

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kyng m

1. king

Related terms

• kyngien