"king" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /kinɡ/, [kiŋɡ] Forms: kinges [nominative, plural], the early forms kingas [also], kingæs [also]
Etymology: Inherited from the Old English cyning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The forms kug (attested in the compounds kugdom, kuglond, and kugriche) and gug (attested in the compound guglond) show the influence of the Old Norse konungr, whence they borrow their root vowel. The early forms featuring syncope (chinge, chinȝ, cing, and cinȝ) may have long ī. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cyning}} Old English cyning, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kuning}} Proto-West Germanic *kuning, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kuningaz}} Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, {{der|enm|non|konungr}} Old Norse konungr Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|nominative plural|kinges|also the early forms|kingas|or|kingæs}} king (nominative plural kinges, also the early forms kingas or kingæs)
  1. king (monarch) Categories (topical): Heads of state, Monarchy, Nobility
    Sense id: en-king-enm-noun-c-N3gyAP Disambiguation of Heads of state: 73 27 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 76 24 Disambiguation of Nobility: 71 29
  2. king (chess piece) Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-king-enm-noun-yAEZgUUr Disambiguation of Chess: 6 94 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: king of kinges, Kinges, kinges of Coloin, kingles, kingly, Kingpleie, kingriche
Synonyms: kenin, kening, kinig [in-compounds, toponymic], gug, kug (alt: influenced by Old Norse (see etymology)) [in-compounds], knyng (english: transmission error), chinge, chinȝ, cing, cining, cinȝ, ging, keing, keng, kingk, kingue, kining, kink, kyng, kynge

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[kiŋɡ]"
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