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stund

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

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stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

  1. while

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Noun

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stund f (genitive singular stundar, plural stundir)

  1. while

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Declension of stund
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundini stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

German

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stund

  1. Archaic form of stand (“first/third-person singular preterite of stehen”).

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stund

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stund f (genitive singular stundar, nominative plural stundir)

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
  2. an hour
  3. exertion, application

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declension of stund
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundinni stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

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Middle English

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Noun

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stund

  1. Alternative form of stound: various spans of time.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stund.

Noun

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stund f or m (definite singular stunda or stunden, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
    for en stund siden – a while ago
  2. a moment

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stʉnː/, /stʊnː/

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stund.

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stund f (definite singular stunda, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
  2. a moment

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Verb

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stund

  1. imperative of stunda

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Cognate with Old Saxon stunda (Dutch stonde), Old High German stunta (German Stunde), Old Norse stund (Swedish stund).

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stund f (nominative plural stunda or stunde)

  1. time, while
    • Nō iċ þa stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weōp ― At the time, I mourned not, nor for the wounded wept. (Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14)
  2. a period of time, an hour [1]

Declension

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Declension of stund (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stund stunda, stunde
accusative stunde stunda, stunde
genitive stunde stunda
dative stunde stundum

Adverb

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stund

  1. at once, forthwith, immediately
    • Hē word stunde āhōf ― He brought up the word forthwith.

Derived terms

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  • orlegstund (“time of adversity”)
  • stundmǣlum (“from time to time, gradually: time after time, alternately”)
  • stundum (“from time to time, at times; with effort, laboriously, eagerly, fiercely”)
  • winterstund (“winter-hour, short time”)
  • woruldstund (“life in this world, sojourn upon earth”)

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  • Middle English: stund, stounde, stound

References

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  1. ^ https://bosworthtoller.com/29220

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”). Compare Old English stund, Old Frisian stunde, Old Saxon stunda, Old High German stunta, stunt, Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda) (> Catalan estona (“time, while”)).

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stund f

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
    um stund ― for a while
  2. hour
    í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólf ― in a day are two half-days, in a half-day twelve hours
  3. (grammar) a mora, a unit of time used in measuring syllable length

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  Declension of stund (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundar, stundir stundarnar, stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundar, stundir stundarnar, stundirnar
dative stund stundinni stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

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Polabian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German stund／stunde.

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stund m ?

  1. hour

References

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  • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “brado”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 778
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “brado”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 140
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “Stund”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1117

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio; “en stund”:(file)

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stund c

  1. while
  2. moment, time

Declension

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Declension of stund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stund stunden stunder stunderna
Genitive stunds stundens stunders stundernas

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