kineȝerde
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English cyneġierd (“a scepter”), equivalent to kine- + ȝerde (“rod, staff”).
Noun
[edit]kineȝerde (plural kineȝerdes or kineȝerden)
- Scepter.
- (figurative) Kingly power or authority.