tind
English
Etymology 1
From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden. More at tend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪnd/
- Rhymes: -ɪnd
Verb
tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind)
- (obsolete) To ignite, kindle.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
Etymology 2
From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.
Alternative forms
Noun
tind (plural tinds)
References
- tind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Icelandic
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr, and related to Old High German zinna (German Zinne ‘pinnacle’).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tind/