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ge-cynde

  • adjective
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ge-cynde, adj. [cynde natural]
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §574; §621;
Natural, innate, inborn, genial; natūrālis, innātus, ingĕnĭtus, ingĕnuus
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  • Gif se weorþscipe ðam wélan gecynde wǽre

    if dignity were natural to wealth,

    • Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 25
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  • Swá him gecynde wæs

    as was natural to him,

    • Beo. Th. 5386
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    • B. 2690
      • :
    • Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 12
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  • Gecynde riht

    jus naturāle,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 90; Wrt. Voc. 20, 31
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  • Gefrægn ic hebréos in Hierusalem cyningdóm habban, swá him gecynde wæs

    I have heard that the Hebrews had kingly sway in Jerusalem, as was natural to them,

    • Cd. 173; Th. 216, 8
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    • Dan. 3
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  • Þurh gecyndne cræft

    through natural virtue,

    • Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 9
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    • Edg. 35
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  • Céne men gecynde ríce

    bold men [have] inborn sway,

    • Exon. 89 b; Th. 337, 3
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    • Gn. Ex. 59
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  • Hæfdan him gecynde cyningas twegen

    they had two kings of their own race,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 11
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    • Met. 1, 6
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cynde.” 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/13999.

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