rodorcyning
Old English
Etymology
Compound of rodor (“sky, heavens”) + cyning (“king”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈro.dorˌky.ninɡ/, [ˈro.dorˌky.niŋɡ]
Noun
rodorcyning m
- (poetic) the "king of heaven;" Jesus Christ
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rodorcyning | — |
| accusative | rodorcyning | — |
| genitive | rodorcyninges | — |
| dative | rodorcyninge | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “rodor-cyning”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.