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CYND

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1 CYND

n. I. nature, KIND; natura :-- Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS. Cot. II. a sort, gender; natura, genus :-- Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither sort [gender], neither of male nor of female, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 3; Som. 5, 32. [Prompt. keende, kyynde genus; Wyc. kynde nature: Piers P. kynde nature, race, kind: Laym. i-cunde nature, kind, race: Orm. kinde nature, kind, race: O. Sax. kind, n. a child: Dut. kind, n. a child: Ger. kind, n. a child: M. H. Ger. kint, gen. kindes, n. a child: O. H. Ger. kind, kint, n. proles: Icel. kind, f. species, race, kind: Lat. gent-em, acc. of gens.] DER. ge-cynd. cynd
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
Lat.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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