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- Northern Middle English · inherited fromkingrike
- English todaykingric
Inherited from Northern Middle English kingrike, equivalent to king + -ric. Cognate with Dutch koninkrijk, German Königreich, Danish kongerige, Swedish konungarike, Icelandic konungsríki. Compare Middle English kineriche, whence Scots kinrick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.