Home › Words › C › cyningcyning/ˈkɪnɪŋ/cyning means an Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.cyning is pronounced /ˈkɪnɪŋ/.EtymologyLearned borrowing from Old English cyning. Doublet of king and knez.nounAn Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cynewulfian 63% match — Of or relating to the Old English poet Cynewulf. vs cyning →anglian 56% match — Of or pertaining to the Angles (Germanic people). vs cyning →ceorl 56% match — An Anglo-Saxon churl. vs cyning →eorlcundman 55% match — A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl. vs cyning →cymric 55% match — A breed of domestic cat, developed in Canada, principally characterized by suppression of the tail and by a semi-long-haired coat, with a medium-sized, rounded, cobby body; it is the longhair version of the Manx cat. vs cyning →wanax 55% match — A Mycenean or Minoan king. vs cyning →atheling 54% match — A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir. vs cyning →cymry 54% match — Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people collectively. vs cyning →