kineriche
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche
- cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English)
- kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English cynerīċe (“a kingdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī; equivalent to kine- + -riche and cognate with Old High German chuneriche, Middle Dutch conrike. See also kingriche.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)rit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)rik(ə)/
- (unreduced) IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːk(ə)/
Noun
[edit]kineriche (plural kineriches or (early) kinerichen)
- The realm of a king; a kingdom.
- Royal authority or dominion.
- The people of a (divine) kingdom.
- (figurative) The Kingdom of God; the divine kingdom.
- (figurative) Divine authority or power.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “kinerīche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms prefixed with kine-
- Middle English terms suffixed with -riche
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Collectives
- enm:Government
- enm:Monarchy
- enm:Religion
- Middle English weak nouns