See also: Mund and mund'

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mʊnd/, /mʌnd/
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  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊnd, -ʌnd

Noun edit

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.

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Albanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain: Possibly:

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Verb edit

mund (aorist munda, participle mundur)

  1. (intransitive) can, to be able to; to have the opportunity, power or ability
  2. followed by
    1. grammatical particle used for conjunctive forms
      A mund të më tregoni shtëpinë?
      Could you show me the house?
    2. (third person) could be possible; possibly, maybe, perhaps (used as a semi-auxiliary verb)
  3. to beat, win over, conquer
  4. (transitive) to defeat, beat; to emerge victorious (in a match, battle)
  5. to survive, get over, beat (a fear, illness, disease)
  6. (figurative, third person) take over (with short pronoun forms)
    Më mundi gjumi.
    The sleep took over me
  7. (mediopassive) See mundem.
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References edit

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 357–358
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “mund”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mund”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 277–278
  4. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “mund”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 291
  5. ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 58
  6. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. men”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 727
  7. ^ Werner Winter (1965) Evidence for Laryngeals, The Hague, Mouton, →OCLC, page 138

Etymology 2 edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥(s)-dʰh₁-. Compare Old Norse munda (aim, strive), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (mundōn, look up), Old High German muntar (keen, eager), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, learn), Lithuanian mañdras (alert, awake, smart, minxish).

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Noun edit

mund m (definite mundi)

  1. agony, toil, great effort
  2. arduous and hard work (that pays off)
  3. tribulation, cause of trouble or suffer
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Further reading edit

  • mund”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Danish edit

 
mund

Etymology edit

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, cognate with English mouth, German Mund.

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Noun edit

mund c (singular definite munden, plural indefinite munde)

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

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Verb edit

mund

  1. imperative of munde

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

mund f (genitive singular mundar, nominative plural mundir)

  1. (poetic) hand
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Etymology 2 edit

Related to Old Norse munda (to aim, to strive), Old High German muntar (keen, eager), from Proto-Germanic *mundraz (alert).

Noun edit

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

  1. Used only in set phrases.
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or

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Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

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 edit

  • English: mound, mund
  • Scots: moond

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Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand, guard, security).

Cognate with Old Frisian mund m (guardian), Old Norse mund-r m (noun, literally sum paid by a bridegroom for his bride), Old Saxon mund (hand, noun), Old High German munt m (protector).

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Noun edit

mund f (nominative plural munda or munde)

  1. (poetic) hand, palm as a measure of length. In this meaning is not used later than OE period [OED].
  2. trust, security, protection
  3. protector, guardian

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mundus.

Noun edit

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

  1. the world

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

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mund m

  1. (anatomy) mouth

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

mund f

  1. hand

Descendants edit

References edit

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

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mundus.

Noun edit

mund m (plural munds)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) world

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Noun edit

mund c

  1. (archaic) a mouth
    Synonym: mun

Declension edit

Declension of mund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mund munden mundar mundarna
Genitive munds mundens mundars mundarnas

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