eldertongue

Old English · adverb

hindan

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈxin.dɑn/
[ˈhin.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈxin · dɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. from behind

    Hwæt ða hæðenan ða forhtmode fleames cepton, and gelice hí wurdon mid þam fyrenum flanum ofscotene, gelice mid þæra cristenra wæpnum hindan ofsette, oðþæt hi heora burh Neapolim sámcuce gesohton.

    Whereupon the heathen with affrighted mind took to flight, and at the same time that they were shot with fiery arrows, they were overwhelmed from behind by the weapons of the christians, until half-dead they sought their city Naples.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel"

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hinder, akin to German hinter.

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