#cynesige

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Cynesige

Cynesige is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of cyne (royal) and sige (victory).

Variants:

Chinesi [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 68].

Cynesige [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: xcvii].

Cynsi [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 171].

Cynsige [John Kemble 1847 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 5: 349]

Cynesie [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 308; Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 3: 86].

Lynsie [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 3: 86].

Cẏnẏsige [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 3: 97].

Cynesiġe [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 74].

Prototheme:

Cyne = royal [Grant Allen 1884 Anglo-Saxon Britain, page 196].

Deuterotheme:

sige = victory [Edward Freeman 1869 Old English History for Children, 1st edition, page xiv].

Usage:

A thegn named Cynesige witnessed a charter issued by King Eadwig in 956: “✠ Ego Cynesige minister” [John Kemble 1847 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 5: 402 (number 1216)].