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English
Noun
kynde (plural kyndes)
- Obsolete form of kind.
1545, Desiderius Erasmus, A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure:Yea, but Marcus Tullius nameth that the ende of godlines which is an exquisite, a far passing, and a very absolute goodnes in euerye puincte, wherein there is contained all kynde of vertu: vnto the knowledge ther of whosoeuer can attaine, shuld desire none other thig, but hold himselfe hauyng onely that, as one most fully content and satisfied.
Middle English
Noun
kynde
- one's inherent nature; character, natural disposition
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:And whan he cam ageyne he sayd / O my whyte herte / me repenteth that thow art dede / […] / and thy deth shalle be dere bought and I lyue / and anone he wente in to his chamber and armed hym / and came oute fyersly / & there mette he with syr gauayne / why haue ye slayne my houndes said syr gauayn / for they dyd but their kynde- (please add an English translation of this quotation)