Cynric
| Cynric | |
|---|---|
Cerdic or Creoda |
Cynric (
Name
The name Cynric has an ostensibly straightforward Old English etymology meaning "Kin-ruler". However, the normal Old English form of this name is Cyneric. As some scholars have proposed that both his predecessor, Cerdic, and successor, Ceawlin, had Celtic names,[5] an alternative etymology has been postulated, deriving the name from Brittonic "Cunorix", meaning "Hound-king" (which developed into Cinir in Old Welsh, Kynyr in Middle Welsh).[6][7][8]
Conquest
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes Cerdic and Cynric with five ships landing in the area around
Rule
During his reign, as described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Saxons expanded into
In popular culture
In the 2004 film
See also
- House of Wessex family tree
Notes
- Ceol, he was the son of Cutha (probably Cuthwulf) and grandson of Cynric
- ISBN 9781134598472.
- ISBN 9780786444205.
- ^ David N. Dumville, 'The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the Chronology of Early Wessex', Peritia, 4 (1985), 21–66 (esp. pp. 59–60).
- ^ ISBN 9780275974176.
- ^ Clemoes, p. 30
- ^ Whittock, p. 193
- ^ Sims-Williams, p. 30
- ^ A theory specifically identifies the site of the landing, at Cerdicesora, as Christchurch Harbour so that the axis of penetration was along the Avon.
- ^ ISBN 9780582492806.
- ^ Myres 1989, p. 162.
- ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3, p. 133.
References
- ISBN 0-521-03834-0
- Laing, L.R. (1975). The archaeology of late Celtic Britain and Ireland, c. 400-1200 AD, Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-416-82360-2
- Myres, John Nowell Linton (1989). The English Settlements. ISBN 978-0-19-282235-2.
- Sims-Williams, P. (1983) The settlement of England in Bede and the "Chronicle" from Anglo-Saxon England, Vol. 12 pp. 1–41, Cambridge University Press.
- Whittock, M.J. (1986) The Origins of England 410-600 Croom Helm.