æþelcyning
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- æðelcyning — edh spelling
Etymology
editFrom æþele + cyning (“king”).[1] Cognate with Old Saxon athalkuning.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- noble king (Christ)
- Crisles onsýn, æðelcyninges wlite ― Christ's countenance, the noble king's aspect,
- Æðelcyninges ród ― the cross of the noble king,
Declension
editDeclension of æþelcyning (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | æþelcyning | — |
accusative | æþelcyning | — |
genitive | æþelcyninges | — |
dative | æþelcyninge | — |
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æðel-cyning”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “æþelcyning”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan