Old English · noun
sund
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /sund/
- Syllables
- sund (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- swimming
Meaning
-
swimming
Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.
You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
-
sea, water
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- (> English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).
Descendants
sound
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