▪ I. † i-cunde, n. Obs.
Also i-kunde.
[ME. icunde (ü), OE. ᵹecynd, f. cynd nature, kind n.]
1. Nature; kind.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 33 He wæs on anum hade tweᵹra ᵹecynda. c 1000 Guthlac 44 Wæstma ᵹecyndu. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Nawiht efter flesces wille, ne efter likames ikunde. Ibid. 149 Þet brihte ikunde þet god haueð in ow ibroht of saule and of likame. a 1250 Owl & Night. 113 Seggeþ me hwo haveþ þis ido Ou nas never icunde þar to. |
2. Inheritance; native land.
| c 1205 Lay. 7909 Iulius Cesar..halt þer eower icunde. Ibid. 11199 He cleopede to Brutlonde þæt hit wes his icunde. |
▪ II. † i-cunde, a. Obs.
[ME. (ü), OE. ᵹecynde, f. cynde innate, natural, kind a.]
Natural; native.
| Beowulf (Z.) 2697 Swa him ᵹecynde wæs. c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 180/8 Idioma, proprietas linguæ, aᵹen uel ᵹecynde spræc. c 1205 Lay. 22165 Aȝif us ure icunde lond. c 1275 O.E. Misc. 56 Eueruych þer vnderstod his icunde speche. |
Hence † i-ˈcundeliche adv., naturally.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 99 An god is icundeliche on þreom Hadan. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1424 Heo stumpeþ and falþ icundeliche. |