gecynde

Old English

Etymology

ge- + cynde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈkyn.de/

Adjective

ġecynde

  1. natural
    • c. 900, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy
      Hū ne wāst þū þæt hit nis nāht ġecynde ne nāht ġewunelīċ þæt ǣniġ wiðerweard þing bīon ġemenġed wiþ ōðrum wiðerweardum?
      Don't you understand that it's not natural or normal for opposites to be mixed with opposites?
  2. innate, inborn

Declension

Synonyms

References

ge-cynde in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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