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ge-cynd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§391;
nature, kind, manner, condition, gender; natura, indoles, ingenium, proprietas, modus, qualitas, conditio, genus
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  • For his ágenre gecynde

    from its own nature,

    • Bt. 13; Fox 38, 7
      • .

  • On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg

    with very little nature has enough,

    • Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10
      • .

  • Is sió þridde gecynd betere

    the third nature is better,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 187
      • .

  • On ða beteran gecynd

    into the better nature,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1176
      • ;
    • An. 588
      • .

  • Hú his gecynde biþ

    what its nature [sex] is,

    • Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 356
      • .

  • Wæstma gecyndu

    kinds of fruits,

    • 33 a; Th. 104, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 15
      • .

  • Cristes gecyndo

    the natures of Christ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 819
      • ;
    • Sat. 409
      • .

  • On feówer gecynd

    in four kinds,

    • 996
      • ;
    • Sat. 499
      • .

  • Æfter gecynde

    de genere,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 27
      • .
generation, nakedness; generatio, natales, partes, genitales, verenda
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  • Ðurh clǽne gecynd

    by pure generation,

    • Hy. 9, 11
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 11 : 9, 52
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 52
      • .

  • Beheledon heora fæderes gecynd

    operuerunt verenda patris sui,

    • Gen. 9, 23
      • .
offspring; proles
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  • Hyra gecynda on weorold bringaþ

    prolem reddunt,

    • Nar. 35, 26
      • .
[Cf.
O. Sax. kind
:
O. H. Ger. kint
:
Ger. kind
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-cind ge-cynde ge-cyndo cynd.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cynd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13997.

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