honde

English

Noun

honde (plural hondes)

1. Obsolete form of hand.
   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:

     They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it w^t nales and hammers, that it moue not.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• honne

Noun

honde

1. plural of hond

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hand, hond (“hand”).

Noun

honde

1. Alternative form of hond (“hand”)

Etymology 2

From Old English hund (“dog”).

Noun

honde

1. Alternative form of hound