"cynning" =? king

[Gail Davidson]

That's a very strong cognate with the German /K//önig, /not surprising,
given the relationship between OE and Old German.

"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."

  Fromhttp://www.ancientsites.com/aw/group/position/32409

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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