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mund en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /mʌnd/
  • /mʊnd/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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munds Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mundbreach