þiudans

(-s, -ar), m. king.

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m.; since the 14th century in a contracted form kóngr, and so in the poems and ballads of that time, Lil., Ól. R., Skíða R., Völs. R., as also in the best mod. poets, Hallgrim, Eggert, cp. Pass. xxvii. 8, 9, 13, 15, Bb. 2. 15, 3. 96, 100, passim: the old vellums mostly abbreviate thus, kḡr, kḡ, kḡs; the contracted form occurs in MSS. of the 14th century or even earlier, e. g. Cod. Fris., and this is also the usual mod. pronunciation: [this word is common to all Teut. languages except Goth., where þiudans = Icel. þjóðan is used; A. S. cynig; Engl. king; O. H. G. chuninc; Germ. könig; Swed. kung and konung; Dan. konge; the word is prop. a patronymic derivative from konr, = Gr. ἀνηρ γενναιος = a man of noble extraction; the etymology Konr ungr ( young Kon) given in the poem Rm. is a mere poetical fancy]:—a king; hvárki em ek k. né jarl, ok þarf ekki at göra hásæti undir mik, Nj. 176; jarl ok konungr, N. G. L. i. 44; Dyggvi var fyrstr k. kallaðr sinna ættmanna, en áðr vóru þeir dróttnar kallaðir, Hkr. i. 24, passim: the saying, til frægðar skal konung hafa, meir en til langlífis, Fms. iv. 83, vii. 73; cp. fylki skal til frægðar hafa, Mkv.; mörg eru konungs eyru, Hkr. i. 287; langr er konungs morgin, Sighvat: þjóð-konungr, a king of a þjóð, = Gr. βασιλευς μέγας; sæ-konungr, a sea king; her-k., a king of hosts, both used of the kings of old, whose sole kingdom was their camp or fleet, and who went out to conquer and pillage,—þat var siðr víkinga, ef konunga synir réðu fyrir herliði, at þeir vóru kallaðir konungar, Fms. i. 98; lá hann þá löngum í hernaði ok var kallaðr konungr af liðsmönnum, sem víkinga siðr var, 257; þá er Ólafr tók við liði ok skipum, þá gáfu liðsmenn honum konungs-nafn, svá sem siðvenja var til, at herkonungar þeir er í víking vóru, ef þeir vóru konungbornir, þá báru þeir konungsnafn, þótt þeir sæti hvergi at löndum, Ó. H. 16; Konungr konunga, King of kings, the Lord, 656 C. 32: also of an emperor, Nero k., king Nero, 26; Girkja-k., the king of the Greeks = the Emperor of Constantinople, Fms. passim; Karlamagnús k., king Charlemagne, etc.

B. COMPDS: Konungabók, konungafundr, Konungahella, konungahús, konungakyn, konungamóðir, konungaskipti, konungastefna, konungasætt, konungatal, Konungaæfi, konungaætt, konungsatsetr, konungsborg, konungsbréf, konungsbryggja, konungsbú, konungsbær, konungsdómr, konungsefni, konungseiðr, konungseign, konungaeigur, konungseyrendi, konungsfundr, konungsgarðr, konungsgata, konungsgipta, konungsgjöf, konungsgæfa, konungsgörsemi, konungsheiti, konungsherbergi, konungshirð, konungshús, konungshöfn, konungshöll, konungsjörð, konungskveðja, konungslauss, konungsleyfi, konungslið, konungslúðr, konungslykill, konungslægi, konungsmaðr, konungsmörk, konungsnafn, konungsnautr, konungsníðingr, konungsorð, konungsreiði, konungsréttr, konungsríki, kóngsríki, konungssetr, konungsskip, konungsskrúði, konungssmiðr, konungssómi, konungssteði, konungssveit, konungssverð, konungssýsla, konungssæti, konungstekja, konungstign, konungsumboð, konungsumboðsmaðr, konungsvald, konungsvinr, konungsvígsla, konungsþing, konungsþræll, konungsæfi.

с. м. р. - a- князь, король (поэт.)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `ruler, commander, lord' (Il.).

Compounds: rarely as 2. member, e. g. πολυ-κοίρανος `ruling many' (A. Fr. 238, lyr.) with πολυκοιρανίη `ruling many' (Rhian. 1, 10); but Β 204 = `ruling of many' with the first member as subject; the 2. member is verbal noun to κοιρανέω.

Derivatives: κοιρανίδαι pl. `sons of rulers, members of the ruling house' (S. Ant. 940; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 20); κοιρανῃ̃ος and κοιρανικός `belonging to the ruling house' (late poets); κοιρανίη `dynasty' (D. P., APl.; s. above); κοιρανέω `rule' (Il.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [515] * kor(i)os `war, army'

Etymology: With κοίρανος agrees (except the middle vowel) OWNo. herjann surname of Odin; given the productivity of the no-suffix, esp. in words of this meaning (Lat. dominus: domus, Goth. Þiudans `king': Þiuda `people' etc.), the word need not be an old inheritance. But the basis is in any case common, i. e. a word for `army, fighting group' with representatives in Germanic, Baltic and Celtic, e. g. Goth. harjis `army', Lith. kãrias `id.', MIr. cuire m. `crowd, group', Gaul. Tri-, Petru-corii people's-namen ("consisting of three, resp. four tribes"), IE. *kori̯os. In Greek too the word has existed, also in proper name like Κοιρό-μαχος, Κοιρατάδας (Solmsen Glotta 1, 76ff.). - Beside IE. *kori̯os there was without i̯o- * kor(o)- in Lith. kãras `war', OPers. kāra- `army, people'. Further details in Pok. 615f., Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. kãr(i)as. - In Greek κοίρανος was replaced by ἄναξ and βασιλεύς; s. vv.

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