cynestol

From cyne- (“royal”) +‎ stōl (“chair, seat”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.neˌstoːl/

cynestōl m

1. throne
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].

     Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.

2. capital city
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ siþþan fōr on Perse ⁊ ġeēode Persibulis þā burg heora cynestōl, sēo is ġiet welegast ealra burg.

     And subsequently he marched on the Persians and conquered the city of Persepolis, their capital, which is still the wealthiest of all cities.

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: kinestol

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cyne-stól”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.