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Old English · noun

mund

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/mund/
Syllables
mund (1 syllable)
Modern English
mundhandmoundsecuritylength

Meaning

  1. hand, palm as a measure of length

  2. trust, security, protection

  3. protector, guardian

Declension

Declension of mund
SingularPlural
Nominative mundmundamunde
Accusative mundemundamunde
Genitive mundemunda
Dative mundemundum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, guard, security”). Cognate with Old Frisian mund, Old Saxon mund.

Descendants

mound, mund

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