innecund

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to inne + -cund

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin.neˌkund/

Adjective

innecund

  1. inward, internal
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
      Is geornlīċe tō behealdenne þonne hīe þā ūterran þing dōn sculon þæt hīe ne sīen þǣm innecundan inġeþonce āfierrede ... hīe þonne lǣtaþ ācōlian þā innecundan lufan.
      Eagerly observing when they must do the outward thing, such that they be not taken away by the inward intent ... they then let that inner love chill.

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