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ˈsea-king
1. One of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs, who in the ninth and succeeding centuries ravaged the coasts of Europe. [After ON. sǽkonungr: cf. OE. sǽcyning (Beowulf).]
1819Lingard Hist. Eng. I. v. 253 The two sea-kings..returned to Denmark. 1840Carlyle Heroes i. (1841) 52 Hrolf, or Rollo Duke of Normandy, the wild Sea-king. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter iv. 380 The races descended from ancient sea-kings. 1863Tennyson Welcome to Alexandra 1 Sea-kings daughter from over the sea.
2. Applied to the god of the sea.
1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 21 Thee sea king Neptun. 1888J. Payn Prince of Blood xxv. (1892) 201 Like mermen in attendance upon the sea-king. |