v.
WA kindille, kyndyll, pres. 3 sg. kindils, pres. pl. kindlis, kyndeles, pres. 3 sg. subj. kindill, pp. kyndild, kyndlett
'kindle, set fire to, burn, arouse' (Modern English kindle)
PGmc Ancestor
*kunđjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
kynda 'kindle, light a fire'; cp. kyndill (n.) 'candle, torch'
(ONP kynda (vb.); cp. kyndill (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B2
First attested in The Orrmulum, and common and widespread thereafter, incl. Chaucer and Gower. See also kynd (v.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 149, 166, 1730 etc.
The A MS of WA has the variant kynd (v.) at 2247.