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riken

riken

Japanese

Romanization

riken

  1. rōmaji reading of りけん

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • rikien

Verb

riken (third-person singular simple present riketh, present participle rikende, simple past and past participle riked)

  1. to reign, rule
    Þat god riked, in genge sai yhe. — Psalter, 1400.

Related terms

  • rike Sovereignty, dominion, authority; kingdom

Swedish

Noun

riken

  1. indefinite plural of rike

Etymology

From Old Norse ríkja ‎(“to reign”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaną ‎(“to be mighty, rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‎(“chief, king”). Cognate with Old High German rīhhen ‎(“to make rich”). Related to Old English rīcsian ‎(“to bear rule, reign, govern, tyrannize, dominate, prevail”). More at rix.

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