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 sb.1 9), the king’s boot, compensation paid to the people for the murder of the king.
a. 1000. in Thorpe, O. E. Laws, I. 186. Gebiraþ seo cynebot ðam leodum.
1872. E. W. Robertson, Hist. Ess., 208. ‘Blessed to king, and raised to his cynestole by Archbishop Eanbald.’
1874. Stubbes, Const. Hist., § 59. A fine of equal amount [to the king’s wergild], the cynebot, was at the same time due to his people.
