æþelcyning

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From æþele +‎ cyning (“king”).[1] Cognate with Old Saxon athalkuning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.θelˌky.ninɡ/, [ˈæ.ðelˌky.niŋɡ]

Noun

æþelcyning m[1][2]

  1. noble king (Christ)
    • Crisles onsýn, æðelcyninges wlite ― Christ's countenance, the noble king's aspect,
    • Æðelcyninges ród ― the cross of the noble king,

Declension

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References
  1. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “æðel-cyning”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. John R. Clark Hall (1916), “æþelcyning”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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