gecynd – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of gecynd

Noun: gecynd
Gender:

Nominative

Singularġecynd
Pluralġecynde; ġecynda; ġecyndu

Genitive

Singularġecynde; ġecyndes
Pluralġecynda

Dative

Singularġecynde
Pluralġecyndum

Accusative

Singularġecynd; ġecynde
Pluralġecynde; ġecynda; ġecyndu

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Nouns inflected like gecynd

gecynd,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gakundi. Cognate with Old High German gikunt. Equivalent to ġe- + cynd.

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