gecynd - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Proto-West Germanic *gakundiz. Cognate with Old High German gikunt. Equivalent to ġe- + cynd.
ġecynd f
- nature as in the natural world
- nature meaning a disposition
- kind, class
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
...for þon hit is nǣdrena ġecynd þæt heora mǣġen ⁊ hiera fēþe bið on heora ribbum swā ōþerra crēopendra wyrma bið on heora fōtum.
- ...for it is the class of snakes whose movement is on their ribs, just as other creeping reptiles move on their feet.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Strong i-stem:
Also sometimes occurs as neuter: Strong a-stem: