† any-kyn, -s Obs.
[Orig. genitive phr., as ‘any-kyns speech’ = speech of any kind, afterwards with loss of -s, looking like an adj. ‘anykyn speech,’ as if = any kind of speech, qualislibet locutio.]
Any kind or manner.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 1941 Noe, for anikins chanse, Sal i noght take sli a noþer venganse. c 1315 Shoreham 95 Ȝyf thy wyl rejo[isse] more In enyes kennes thynges. a 1400 Sir Perceval 2148 Fast he frayned that fre For any-kyns aughte. a 1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 31 He moghte hafe made vs at his will anykyne oþer best. c 1420 Lib. Cure Cocorum 5 Hit wolde seme rawe by any-kyn way. |