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eorþ-cyning

  • noun [ masculine ]
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eorþ-cyning, es; m. [cyning a king]
An earthly king, king of the land; terræ rex
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  • Sceótend Scyldinga to scypum feredon eal ingesteald eorþcyninges

    the Scyldings' warriors conveyed all the house chattels of the king of the land to their ships.

    • Beo. Th. 2315: B. 1155
      • .

  • Ðam æðelestan eorþcyninga

    for the noblest of earthly kings.

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2346
      • ;
    • El. 1174: Cd. 162
      • ;
    • Th. 202,
      • 23;
    • Exod. 392: 189
      • ;
    • Th. 235,
      • 14;
    • Dan. 306
      • .

  • Eorþcyningum [MS. -cynincgum] se ege standeþ

    terrĭbĭli ăpud rēges terræ,

    • Ps. Th. 75,
      • 9.

  • He eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde

    he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9,
      • 93;
    • Met. 9, 47: Ps. Th. 88,
      • 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eorþ-cyning.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9584.

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