Contionary:kynd

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk kuend, from Old Skundavisk kuendi, from Halmisk ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁ (kundi), ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛉ (kundiŕ), from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, alternative form of *kinþiz.

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kynd f. (class 3b, genitive kynd, plural kynde)

  1. kind, race
    Frøwer was gelooved, that mennesken in three kynde gedeeld weren.
    It was formerly believed, that humans were divided in three races.

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