Middle English Dictionary Entry
kinned ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | kinned ppl. Also kind. |
| Etymology | From kin n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Connected by kinship; gret ~, having great kinsmen, of high birth; wel ~, having numerous or powerful kinsmen.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)2239 : I holde vs now..Better and strenger than thay, And we ben wel kynned and fyn, And haue a toun wil vs tyn.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7502 : He was of þe folk of Lotbarise, A grete kynd [L Natu nobilis] man and a wyse.