cynecynnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

cyne- +‎ cynn

発音

• IPA: /ˈky.neˌkynn/, [ˈky.neˌkyn]

名詞

cynecynn n

1. royal family or lineage
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

     Næs hē æðelboren, ne him nāht tō þām cynecynne ne ġebyrede.

     He was not born to nobility, nor did he belong to the royal family.

   • The Peterborough Chronicle, year 449

     Fram þām Wōdne onwōc eall ūre cynecynn, and Sūðanhymbra ēac.

     Our entire royal family is descended from Woden, and Southumbria's as well.

   • Introduction to the Peterborough Chronicle

     And þā Peohtas him ābǣdon wīf æt Sċottum, on þā ġerād þæt hīe ġecuren heora cynecynn ā on þā wīfhealfa.

     And the Picts obtained wives from the Scots, on the condition that they would always choose their royal family from the female side.

   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Ǣr þon becōm hlīsa tō him þǣre cristenan ǣfæstnesse, for þon þe hē cristen wīf hæfde him ġeġiefen of Francena cynecynne, Beorhte wæs hāten.

     By then, word of the Christian religion had already reached him, because he had been given a Christian wife of Frankish royalty whose name was Bertha.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Brūtus slōg his fīf suna and his wīfes twēġen ġebrōðra for þon þe hīe sprǣcon þæt hit betere wǣre þæt Rōmāne eft heora cynecynnes onfēnġen swā hīe ǣr hæfden.

     Brutus killed his five sons and his wife's two brothers because they said it would be better if the Romans took back their royal family that they had before.

   • The Worcester Chronicle, year 1067

     Hire fæder wæs Ēadweard æðeling, Ēadmundes sunu cyninges, Ēadmund Æðelrēding, Æðelrēd Ēadgāring, Ēadgār Ēadrēding, and swā forþ on þæt cynecynn, and hire mōdorcynn gǣþ tō Heinrice cāsere, þe hæfde ānweald ofer Rōme.

     Her father was Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred the Unready, son of Edgar the Peaceful, son of King Eadred, and so on down the royal line, and her mother's lineage goes back to Henry II, who was a Holy Roman emperor.

語形変化

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同意語

• cyningcynn