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Old English · noun

gund

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/ɡund/
Syllables
ɡund (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. matter, pus

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gund, from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- (“ulcer, sore, abscess, boil”). Cognate with Old High German gunt (“purulent matter”), dialectal Norwegian gund (“the scab of an ulcer”).

Descendants

gound

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