Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-kin(nes adj. & (earlier) genitive phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-kin(nes adj. & (earlier) genitive phr. Also (gen. sg. phrase, chiefly in early texts) alles kinnes, ~ kunnes, ~ kennes; (gen. pl. phrase) alle kinne, ~ kunne, whence (later gen. pl. phrase) al-kin; alle kinnes, ~ kunnes, whence alkin(ne)s; alir-kin. |
| Etymology | OE ealra cynna; cp. L omni-genus, -modus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of every or any kind; of all kinds; in (on) ~ wise (maner), in every or any way.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2260 : Onn alle kinne wise.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)79 : Fuȝeles iþe lufte and alles cunnes wilde dor.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)25/17 : Ðese ðrie bieþ emliche..on alles kennes wisen after here godd-cundnesse.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)57/30 : Luuien god mid ure mihte ouer alle cunnes wihte.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)31/314 : Ha greiðið þe o grome nu alles cunnes pinen.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)74 : Allirkin maner beste, Wel sore hi sul quak.
- c1350 Heile sterne (Bod 425)12 : Oure iuels..Alkine gode þat ve mowe finde.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.218 : Alle kunne [vrr. alle kyn, alle kynne; B: alkynnes, vr. alle kyns; C: Alle kyne] craftes men.
- c1390 Off alle floures (Vrn)80 : Swettest of alles-kunnes þinge!
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)120 : With alkyns [vr. all kynnus] myrthe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)35 : Of alkyn [Göt: ilk a; Trin-C: vche] fruit þat man schal fynd He fettes fro þe rote his kynd.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)578 : Þe saul..Til alkin [Göt: alkines] thing it es vnsene.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)6.70 : Alkyn [vr. alle kynne] crafty men þat konne lyuen in treuthe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.130 : Kynde witte cometh of alkynnes siȝtes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.343 : Vnkyndenesse is þe contrarie of alkynnes resoun.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.211 : To alkynnes creatures.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)303 : Þe ende of alle-kynez flesch þat on urþe mevez.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1028 : Wyth alle kynnez perre.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)35/11 : Allekin mekenes sal man muster til þe gestis.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)85/363 : He..vitaild it with alkins thing.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)804 : Þer was ioye and melodye Of alle skynnes menstracye.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1730 : Grewhoundez..and alkyn gamnes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3244 : With arborye and alkyns trees.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)114/36 : He..made subiect un-till hym alkyn nacyonns.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)68/33 : Of alkyn maner of kankir.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)2485 : To draw fro alkin strife Onto perfeccion of gude life.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)24/60 : Right als god yhe shalle be wyse..in all-kyn thynge.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)601 : He him amended ek in alle skenus wyse.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1530 : A ryght gret companye..Of alleskynnes condiciouns That dwelle in erthe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1400 : With ax & with alblaster & alkens wapen [Dub: alken wapens].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)151/335 : Mahowne the shelde from all kyns yll.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)509 : Werldes welþe to wurmes scal wurþen, & alle cunne madmes to nocht sulen melten.
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- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.62 : Alle kyne crafty men þat conne lyue in treuþe, I shal fynde hem foode.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.27 : Kynde..is creatour of alle kenis bestis.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.246 : Alle kynne [vrr. kyn, kynnes, kynde, kende] creatures þat to crist be[n] l[yche] We be holde heiȝly to herie & honoure.
- a1450(a1387) PPl.A(2) (RwlPoet 137)12.110 : Alle kenne creatures þat cristene were euere God for his goudnesse gif hem swyche happes To lyue, [etc.].
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