• man-kende,mankende,mankinde,man kynde
• mankynd,men-kynde,monkende(Late Middle English)
• man-kend,man-kinde,mankindde(Norfolk);mankind,man-kind,mans kind(Northern)
• mankunde(Southern);monkinde,monkunde,monkuynde,monkynd,monkynde(West Midland)

Fromman(“man, human”) +‎kynde(“nature, kind”), possibly as an alteration ofmankyn.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmanˈkiːnd(ə)/,/ˈmanˌkiːnd(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmanˈkeːnd(ə)/,/ˈmanˌkeːnd(ə)/(East Anglia,East Saxon,Kent)
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɔnˈkyːnd(ə)/,/ˈmɔnˌkyːnd(ə)/(West Midland)

mankynde (uncountable)

1. Humankind,humanity; thehumanrace.

   Synonym:mankyn

2. Humannature orform.

   Synonym:mankyn

3. (rare)Men; themalegender orsex.

• mankyn is the more usual term for "mankind" in Early Middle English.

• English:mankind
• Middle Scots:mankynd,mankind,mankynde
  • Scots:mankind

• “man-kīnd(e,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

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• enm:Collectives
• enm:Human
• enm:Male

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