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Old English · adjective

innecund

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈin.neˌkund/
Syllables
ˈin · ne · ˌkund (3 syllables)
Modern English
inwardinternal

Meaning

  1. inward, internal

    Is geornlīċe tō behealdenne þonne hīe þā ūterran þing dōn sculon þæt hīe ne sīen þǣm innecundan inġeþonce āfierrede... hīe þonne lǣtaþ ācōlian þā innecundan lufan.

    Eagerly observing when they must do the outward thing, such that they be not taken away by the inward intent... they then let that inner love chill.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

Equivalent to inne + -cund

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