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Old English · adverb

geond

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/jond/
/je͜ond/
Syllables
jond (1 syllable)

geond1 · adverb

Senses

  1. yonder

  2. thither

geond2 · preposition

Senses

  1. through, throughout

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, Metre 27, lines 22-25

    Death also in like manner after mankind seeks, throughout this middle earth, terrific hunter!

  2. over

    winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ, hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.

    as now walls are standing differently over this world, blown by wind, covered by frost, the snow-swept dwellings.

    swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard

  3. up to, as far as

  4. during

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jend-, *jand-, from Proto-Indo-European *i- (“a pronomial stem”). Akin to Dutch ginds, Gothic (jaind, “thither”).

Descendants

beyond, yond, yonder

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