Ge-cynd

acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n. I. nature, kind, manner, condition, gender; natura, indoles, ingenium, proprietas, modus, qualitas, conditio, genus :-- For his ágenre gecynde from its own nature, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 7. On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg with very little nature has enough, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Is sió þridde gecynd betere the third nature is better, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373; Met. 20, 187. On ða beteran gecynd into the better nature, Andr. Kmbl. 1176; An. 588. Hú his gecynde biþ what its nature [sex] is, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 8; Ph. 356. Wæstma gecyndu kinds of fruits, 33 a; Th. 104, 30; Gú. 15. Cristes gecyndo the natures of Christ, Salm. Kmbl. 819; Sat. 409. On feówer gecynd in four kinds, 996; Sat. 499. Æfter gecynde de genere, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 27. II. generation, nakedness; generatio, natales, partes, genitales, verenda :-- Ðurh clǽne gecynd by pure generation, Hy. 9, 11; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 11 : 9, 52; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 52. Beheledon heora fæderes gecynd operuerunt verenda patris sui, Gen. 9, 23. III. offpring; proles :-- Hyra gecynda on weorold bringaþ prolem reddunt, Nar. 35, 26. [Cf. O. Sax. kind : O. H. Ger. kint : Ger. kind.] ge-cynd