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Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old Norse
Origin: kynda

kindle

 verb
     
kin‧dle [intransitive and transitive]
1 if you kindle a fire, or if it kindles, it starts to burn
2 to make someone feel interested, excited, hopeful etc
kindle something in somebody
A love of poetry was kindled in him by his mother.
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