kyndenesse

• kindenes, kyndenes
• kendnesse, kendenesse, kyndenis, kyndnes, kyndnesse (Late Middle English)
• kendnes (Norfolk); kundenesse (Oxfordshire); kuyndenesse (Worcestershire); kyndynes (Yorkshire)

From kynde (“natural, kind”) +‎ -nesse (“-ness”); compare Old English ġecyndnes (“offspring”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnd(ə)ˌnɛs(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːnd(ə)ˌnɛs(ə)/ (East Anglia, East Saxon)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkyːnd(ə)ˌnɛs(ə)/ (West Midland)

kyndenesse (uncountable) (especially Late Middle English)

1. Kindness or an instance of it; being kind:
   1. Affection, friendliness; the state of caring for or loving something.
   2. Courteousness; being considerate or polite.
2. Kinship, connection, or the affection it causes.

   Synonym: kyndehede

3. (rare) An inclination or predilection.

• English: kindness
• Middle Scots: kindnes, kyndnes
  • Scots: kindness

• “kīndenes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “kindness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.