gecynde

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ge- +‎ cynde

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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 bēon ġemenġed wiþ ōðrum wiðerweardum?
      Don't you understand that it's not natural or normal for opposites to mix with opposites?
  2. innate, inborn

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References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-cynde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.