kineriche

Middle English

Alternative forms

cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche
cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English)
kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cynerīċe (“a kingdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī; equivalent to kine- +‎ -riche and cognate with Old High German chuneriche, Middle Dutch conrike. See also kingriche.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkin(ə)rit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)rik(ə)/
(unreduced) IPA^(key): /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːk(ə)/

Noun

kineriche (plural kineriches or (early) kinerichen)

The realm of a king; a kingdom.
Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche
Royal authority or dominion.
Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)
The people of a (divine) kingdom.
Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom
(figurative) The Kingdom of God; the divine kingdom.
Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)
(figurative) Divine authority or power.
Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom

Descendants

Middle Scots: kinrik
- Scots: kinrick

References

“kinerīche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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