mund

See also: Mund and mund'

English

Etymology

From Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand, protection, security).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊnd/, /mʌnd/

Noun

mund (countable and uncountable, plural munds)

  1. (obsolete) A hand.
  2. (obsolete) Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
  3. (obsolete) Protection; guardianship.

Derived terms

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mendh (to pay attention to, be vivacious). Compare Old Norse munda (aim, strive), Gothic mundon (mundon, look up), Old High German muntar (keen, eager), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, learn), Lithuanian mañdras (alert, awake, smart, minxish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊnd/

Noun

mund m

  1. trouble
  2. toil
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *māK(e)nT-, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ- (can, to be able (to do)). Cognate to Lithuanian mokė́ti (to be able), Gothic magan (magan, to be able, have power), Old Church Slavonic мошти (mošti, to be able). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *men(s)-dʰ(e)h₂ (to learn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊnd/

Verb

mund (first-person singular past tense munda, participle mundur)

  1. I can.
  2. I am able.
  3. I beat, win over.
Inflection

Danish

mund

Etymology

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mon/, [mɔnˀ]

Noun

mund c (singular definite munden, plural indefinite munde)

  1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

Inflection

See also

Verb

mund

  1. imperative of munde

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʏnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʏnt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Noun

mund f (genitive singular mundar, nominative plural mundir)

  1. (poetic) hand
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • morgunstund gefur gull í mund (the early bird catches the worm)

Etymology 2

Related to Old Norse munda (to aim, to strive), Old High German muntar (keen, eager).

Noun

mund f (genitive singular mundar, nominative plural mundir) or mund n (genitive singular munds, nominative plural mund)

  1. Used only in set phrases.
Declension

or

Derived terms
  • í sömu mund/í sama mund (at the same time)
  • um þær mundir (in those days, around that time)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːnd/, /mund/

Noun

mund (plural moundes or munden)

  1. Might, ability, or skill.
  2. Magnitude, greatness, utility, or usefulness.
  3. (rare) Protection, guarding, defence
  4. (rare) A hand, especially as a measurement.
  5. (rare) A band of warriors or fighters.

Descendants

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

mund

  1. mouth

Inflection

singular plural
indefinite mund munder
definite munden mundene

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mund/

Noun

mund f (nominative plural munda or munde)

  1. (poetic) hand
  2. trust, security. protection
  3. protector, guardian

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants


Old French

Etymology

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mund m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural mund)

  1. the world

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

mund m

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Declension


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand). Further cognates see there.

Noun

mund f

  1. hand

Descendants

References

  • mund in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mund m (plural munds)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) world
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