kinge

English

Noun

kinge (plural kinges)

1. Obsolete spelling of king.

Anagrams

• eking

Isubu

Etymology

Borrowed from English king.

Noun

kinge (plural bakinge)

1. king

References

• Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

Middle English

Noun

kinge

1. Alternative form of king
   • 1474, Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse‎^[1]:

     And than we wyll begynne at the pawne whiche standeth to fore the rooke on the right side of the kinge for as moche as this pawne apperteyneth to serue the vicaire or lieutenant of the kynge and other officers vnder hym of necessaryes of vitayll/

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Alternative forms

• king

Etymology

From Middle English kynge, from Old English cyning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːn/
• Homophones: keen, keeine

Noun

kinge

1. king
   • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 4:

     God save ye Kinge, hev awaa ye platter."

     [God save the King, heave away the platter.]

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137