eldertongue

Old English · adjective

gecynde

Normalised ġecynde

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈkyn.de/
Syllables
je · ˈkyn · de (3 syllables)
Modern English
naturalinborninnate

Meaning

  1. natural

    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?

    c. 900, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy
  2. innate, inborn

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

ge- + cynde

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