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Old English · noun

cynd

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/kynd/
Syllables
kynd (1 syllable)
Modern English
kindinherentdispositionacquiredsortnaturenatural

Meaning

  1. that which is acquired or inherent from birth, nature, natural disposition

  2. sort, kind, type; gender (male or female, etc.)

  3. generation, race

Declension

Declension of cynd
SingularPlural
Nominative cyndcyndecyndacynd
Accusative cyndcyndecyndecyndacynd
Genitive cyndecyndescynda
Dative cyndecyndum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz. Compare the related *kunją.

Descendants

kind

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