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under-cyning

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§589;
A dependent, tributary king, one who rules under another.
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  • Cyning rex, lytel cyning oððe undercyning regulus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
    • ;
    • Zup. 16, 19.
  • Kyning basileus, undercyning regillus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 47.
  • Sum undercyning wæs

    erat quidam regulus,

    • Jn. Skt. 4, 46, 49: Homl. Th. i. 128, 5.
  • Ic Offa, Myrcena kining ... Ic Aldréd, Wigraceastres undercining (

    subregulus

    ),
    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 186, 13.
  • Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kings hold underkingc,

    • Chr. 1056
    • ;
    • Erl. 190, 35.
  • Tiberius hæfde anweald ofer eall Rómána ríce, and him wæs undercyning Heródes,

    • Nicod. 1
    • ;
    • Thw. 1, 8.
  • Ðe Hǽlend stód befar ðone undercynige (

    praesidem), and gefrægn hine ðe undercynig (praeses ),

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 11, 21.
  • undercyningum

    ad praesides,

    • 10, 18: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9.
  • Ic ðǽr gemétte Týtum and Vespasianum ðýne ( Tiberius' ) getrýwestan undercyningas,

    • Homl. Ass. 191, 285.
Etymology
[
Icel. undir-konungr.
]
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Cf. þeód-cyning
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