quene

== English == === Noun === quene (plural quenes) Obsolete spelling of queen. === Anagrams === Queen, queen == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English cwēn (“woman, wife, queen”) (the final schwa is by analogy with other Old English feminine nouns, such as Etymology 2), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, from a derivative of *gʷḗn (“woman, wife”). Cognates include: ==== Alternative forms ==== qwene, cwene, queene, quen, qween, qweene, queyne, qwenne, qwhene, kuene, quiene, queen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkweːn(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== quene (plural quenes or (early) quene) A queen (female monarch; queen regnant) A queen (consort to a king or similar ruler; queen consort) Any powerful woman noble (e.g. a former queen consort, a duchess, etc.) A female divine or holy figure; a female divinity or the Virgin Mary. A female embodiment, exemplar, or representation of a moral ideal. (familiar) An affectionate or loving way to refer to a woman one loves. (rare) A female follower of Christianity in heaven. (rare, Late Middle English) The queen (chess piece introduced towards the end of the ME era) ===== Descendants ===== English: queen (see there for further descendants) Scots: queen, wheen Yola: queen ===== References ===== “quẹ̄n(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2019. === Etymology 2 === From Old English cwene (“woman, wife, prostitute”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from the same Indo-European source as above. Cognate to Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō), Middle High German kone, kan, kun, quëne, Old Norse kona, and Middle Low German quene. ==== Alternative forms ==== qwene, cwene, queene, quen, qweyn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkwɛ̞ːn(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== quene (plural quenes or (early) quenen) A woman, especially one of low birth. A female prostitute or sex worker. An elderly woman. ===== Descendants ===== English: quean Scots: quean, quein, quine, quin, queynie ===== References ===== “quē̆ne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2019.