Old English · noun
pund
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /pund/
- Syllables
- pund (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- poundcurrencypond
pund1 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
pound (weight or currency)
Ðǣre sunnan ġēar is ꝥ hēo beyrne þone miċlan ċircul zōdiacum, ⁊ ġecume under ǣlċ þǣra twelf tācna. Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten ariēs, ꝥ is ramm; ōðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda geminī, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta lēo; syxta virgō, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða lībra, þæt is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend
A year of the sun is when she passes around the Zodiac circle and moves under each of the twelve signs. Each month runs under one of the signs. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
Declension · strong a-stem
pund2 · noun
Senses
-
enclosure, pound
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.
Unknown. Possibly related to Old English penn (“enclosure, pen”), pinn (“pin, peg, nail, bolt”), *pennian (“to close, lock [in]”) (attested in onpennad (“unpent, open”)).
Descendants
pound, pond
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