"Cynehild" meaning in Old English

See Cynehild in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈky.neˌxild/, [ˈky.neˌhiɫd]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi, from *kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”). Equivalent to cynn + hild. Cognate with Old High German Cunihild. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*Kunihildi}} Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi, {{af|gmw-pro|*kuni|*hildi|nocat=1|t1=lineage, clan|t2=battle}} *kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”), {{af|ang|cynn|hild}} cynn + hild, {{cog|goh|Cunihild}} Old High German Cunihild Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=f|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=|sort=}} Cynehild f, {{ang-proper noun|f}} Cynehild f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|Cynehild|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|Cynehild|Cynehilda,Cynehilde|Cynehilde|Cynehilda,Cynehilde|Cynehilde|Cynehilda|Cynehilde|Cynehildum|num=sg|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Cynehild [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Cynehilde [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Cynehilde [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Cynehilde [dative, singular], - [dative, plural]
  1. a female given name Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*Kunihildi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*kuni",
        "3": "*hildi",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "lineage, clan",
        "t2": "battle"
      },
      "expansion": "*kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cynn",
        "3": "hild"
      },
      "expansion": "cynn + hild",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "Cunihild"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Cunihild",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi, from *kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”). Equivalent to cynn + hild. Cognate with Old High German Cunihild.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehild",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Cynehild f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Cynehild f",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cynehild",
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cynehild",
        "2": "Cynehilda,Cynehilde",
        "3": "Cynehilde",
        "4": "Cynehilda,Cynehilde",
        "5": "Cynehilde",
        "6": "Cynehilda",
        "7": "Cynehilde",
        "8": "Cynehildum",
        "num": "sg",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Cynehild-ang-name-pLhOhtoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.neˌxild/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈky.neˌhiɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cynehild"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*Kunihildi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*kuni",
        "3": "*hildi",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "lineage, clan",
        "t2": "battle"
      },
      "expansion": "*kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cynn",
        "3": "hild"
      },
      "expansion": "cynn + hild",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "Cunihild"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Cunihild",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *Kunihildi, from *kuni (“lineage, clan”) + *hildi (“battle”). Equivalent to cynn + hild. Cognate with Old High German Cunihild.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehild",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cynehilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Cynehild f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Cynehild f",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cynehild",
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cynehild",
        "2": "Cynehilda,Cynehilde",
        "3": "Cynehilde",
        "4": "Cynehilda,Cynehilde",
        "5": "Cynehilde",
        "6": "Cynehilda",
        "7": "Cynehilde",
        "8": "Cynehildum",
        "num": "sg",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English compound terms",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English female given names",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English given names",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English proper nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English ō-stem nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.neˌxild/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈky.neˌhiɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cynehild"
}

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