† cyne-|kʏnə-, kɪnə-|in OE.= royal; occurring in many compounds, as cynehelm crown, cynestól throne, some of which are retained as technical terms by modern historians; e.g. cynebót (boot n.1 9), the king's boot, compensation paid to the people for the murder of the king.a1000in Thorpe O.E. Laws I. 186 Gebiraþ seo cynebot ðam leodum.1872E. W. Robertson Hist.Ess. 208 ‘Blessed to king, and raised to his cynestole by Archbishop Eanbald.’1874Stubbs Const. Hist. §59 A fine of equal amount [to the king's wergild], the cynebot, was at the same time due to his people.
cyne-/ˈkɪnə, foreignˈkynə/combining form. Long obsolete exc. hist.OE.
ORIGIN: Cf. kingnoun.
Royal: occurring in certain Old English compounds retained by historians.
cynebót[bootnoun1] compensation paid to the people for the murder of the king.