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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

  1. 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

Declension of pund
SingularPlural
Nominative pundpund
Accusative pundpund
Genitive pundespunda
Dative pundepundum

pund2 · noun

Senses

  1. 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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