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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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†KINRICK, n. Also kynrik, kingry(c)k, kinrik, kinryk, kingrik. A kingdom. Only in liter. use. Obs. in Eng. since 17th c.Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xiv.:
They sate dousely down and made laws for a haill country and kinrick.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm III. xxiii.:
An' I winna hae my Grizel ca'd what she is not, for ony lord's dauchter i' the three kynriks.Edb. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayings xxv. 5:
His kingryck'll be siccarlie set up in richteousness.m.Sc. 1986 Colin Mackay The Song of the Forest 22:
"Yon is pride," said Mungo the priest, "and it is one of the seven woesome sins which make a devil's kingrik of this world." Fif. 1998 Tom Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 3:
We dreidit sicht o the kinrik whase puir king
Hochled his lane ti walcome us ashore,
Nae side ti him ava: this selsame Mark, em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 23:
"Salvation's muckle wondrous scheme
Seek oot in aw the airts tae view,
An aye ye'll fin ma kinrick's warks
Will ful yer ingyne fou. ... " w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 49:
Fae sic-like folk a kinryk sprang,
wi like-mindit, ti the fore, ...