mund

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See also: Mund and mund'

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand, protection, security).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mund (countable and uncountable, plural munds)

  1. (obsolete) A hand.
  2. (obsolete) Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
  3. (obsolete) Protection; guardianship.

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain: Possibly:

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Verb

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mund (aorist munda, participle mundur)

  1. (intransitive) can, to be able to; to have the opportunity, power or ability
  2. followed by
    1. grammatical particle used for conjunctive forms
      A mund të më tregoni shtëpinë?
      Could you show me the house?
    2. (third person) could be possible; possibly, maybe, perhaps (used as a semi-auxiliary verb)
  3. to beat, win over, conquer
  4. (transitive) to defeat, beat; to emerge victorious (in a match, battle)
  5. to survive, get over, beat (a fear, illness, disease)
  6. (figurative, third person) take over (with short pronoun forms)
    Më mundi gjumi.
    The sleep took over me
  7. (mediopassive) See mundem.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 357–358
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “mund”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mund”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 277–278
  4. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “mund”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 291
  5. ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 58
  6. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. men”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 727
  7. ^ Werner Winter (1965) Evidence for Laryngeals, The Hague, Mouton, →OCLC, page 138

Etymology 2

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥(s)-dʰh₁-. Compare Old Norse munda (aim, strive), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (mundōn, look up), Old High German muntar (keen, eager), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, learn), Lithuanian mañdras (alert, awake, smart, minxish).

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Noun

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mund m (definite mundi)

  1. agony, toil, great effort
  2. arduous and hard work (that pays off)
  3. tribulation, cause of trouble or suffer
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Further reading

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  • mund”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Danish

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mund

Etymology

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From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, cognate with English mouth, German Mund.

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Noun

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mund c (singular definite munden, plural indefinite munde)

  1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

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See also

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Verb

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mund

  1. imperative of munde

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Noun

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mund f (genitive singular mundar, nominative plural mundir)

  1. (poetic) hand
Declension
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    Declension of mund
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mund mundin mundir mundirnar
accusative mund mundina mundir mundirnar
dative mund mundinni mundum mundunum
genitive mundar mundarinnar munda mundanna
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Etymology 2

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Related to Old Norse munda (to aim, to strive), Old High German muntar (keen, eager), from Proto-Germanic *mundraz (alert).

Noun

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mund f (genitive singular mundar, nominative plural mundir) or mund n (genitive singular munds, nominative plural mund)

  1. Used only in set phrases.
Declension
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    Declension of mund
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mund mundin mundir mundirnar
accusative mund mundina mundir mundirnar
dative mund mundinni mundum mundunum
genitive mundar mundarinnar munda mundanna

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    Declension of mund
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mund mundið mund mundin
accusative mund mundið mund mundin
dative mundi mundinu mundum mundunum
genitive munds mundsins munda mundanna
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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

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Noun

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mund (plural moundes or munden)

  1. Might, ability, or skill.
  2. Magnitude, greatness, utility, or usefulness.
  3. (rare) Protection, guarding, defence
  4. (rare) A hand, especially as a measurement.
  5. (rare) A band of warriors or fighters.

Descendants

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  • English: mound, mund
  • Scots: moond

References

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Old English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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mund f (nominative plural munda or munde)

  1. (poetic) hand, palm as a measure of length. In this meaning is not used later than OE period [OED].
  2. trust, security, protection
  3. protector, guardian

Usage notes

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Although mund is grammatically feminine, names formed with this element are always masculine.[1]

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Derived names

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Elizabeth Okasha (2011) Women's Names in Old English, London, England: Routledge, page 5

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mundus.

Noun

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mund oblique singularm (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural mund)

  1. the world

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

Noun

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mund m

  1. (anatomy) mouth

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand). Further cognates see there.

Noun

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mund f

  1. hand

Descendants

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References

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  • mund”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mundus.

Noun

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mund m (plural munds)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) world

Swedish

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Noun

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mund c

  1. (archaic) a mouth
    Synonym: mun

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