"cynning" =? king

[Paul Johnston]

The OE word has one n -- cyning.  It was probably pronounced [kYnINg]
On Jun 6, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> "The Cynning (King) has the highest group memberlevel that allows him
> all the other privileges as well as the ability to delete content
> from the group area and ban members from the group."
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> From http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/group/position/32409
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> The page is titled
> "<http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Group/32408>Angelcynn: The History
> of Anglo-Saxon England
> The history of the Germanic kingdoms of England, from the Saxon
> Advent to the Norman Conquest."
>
> (1)  Not in OED, even in a quotation.  Is it an English word?  Old
> English?  There is no headword even for "cyn" (although that seems to
> be an O.E> spelling for "kin") or for "cynn".
>
> (2)  How the devil is it pronounced?  sinning? kinning? cunning?
>
> Joel
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