How do you use Cyning in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cyning meaning
An Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
Using Cyning
- The main meaning on this page is: An Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
Context around Cyning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cyning
- In this selection, "cyning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, words, wuldres and king stand out and add context to how "cyning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as wuldres cyning king of and english words cyning and tun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cyning" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cyning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun. (17 words)
The Old English cognate wuldor means "glory" but is not used as a proper name, although it figures frequently in kennings for the Christian God such as wuldres cyning "king of glory", wuldorfæder "glory-father" or wuldor alwealda "glorious all-ruler". (41 words)
The Old English cognate wuldor means "glory" but is not used as a proper name, although it figures frequently in kennings for the Christian God such as wuldres cyning "king of glory", wuldorfæder "glory-father" or wuldor alwealda "glorious all-ruler". (41 words)
The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun.
The Old English cognate wuldor means "glory" but is not used as a proper name, although it figures frequently in kennings for the Christian God such as wuldres cyning "king of glory", wuldorfæder "glory-father" or wuldor alwealda "glorious all-ruler".