kinrick

Scots

Alternative forms

kinrik (Middle Scots)

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English kinrik, kunerike (southern kineriche), from Old English cynerīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī. Compare Old High German chuneriche, Middle Dutch conrike.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnrɪk/

Noun

kinrick (plural kinricks)

(literary) kingdom

References

“kinrick” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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