From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
Meanings
(archaic, dialectal) The farther, the more distant of two choices.
"You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?" 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:
From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
Meanings
(Southern-US, not-comparable) At or in a distant but indicated place.
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there." 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
See who yonder is. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 149:
(archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
They headed on over yonder.
As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder. 1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22
hu amott (in a distant, indicated place) · cmn （在）那邊 /（在）那边 (in a distant, indicated place) · de dort (in a distant, indicated place) · tl doon (in a distant, indicated place) · mi korā (in a distant, indicated place) · de dort drüben (in a distant, indicated place) · cy acw (in a distant, indicated place) · ja あそこに (in a distant, indicated place) · fr là-bas (in a distant, indicated place) · de drüben (in a distant, indicated place) · uk оно (in a distant, indicated place) · uk он (in a distant, indicated place) · ar هُنَاك (in a distant, indicated place) · et taamal (in a distant, indicated place) · bn হোথা (in a distant, indicated place) · es allá (in a distant, indicated place) · grc ἐκεῖ (in a distant, indicated place) · sh ónde (in a distant, indicated place) · ko 저편 (in a distant, indicated place) · sq atje (in a distant, indicated place) · kw enos (in a distant, indicated place) · sh о́нде (in a distant, indicated place) · ms di sana (in a distant, indicated place) · uk там (in a distant, indicated place) · nl ginder (in a distant, indicated place) · ms sana (in a distant, indicated place) · mk о́ндека (in a distant, indicated place) · oj iwidi (in a distant, indicated place) · scn ddocu sutta (in a distant, indicated place) · fi tuolla (in a distant, indicated place) · mn энэ хавьд (in a distant, indicated place) · bn সেথা (in a distant, indicated place) · pt além (in a distant, indicated place) · kw en-hons (in a distant, indicated place) · mk о́нде (in a distant, indicated place) · kw hons (in a distant, indicated place) · br ahont (in a distant, indicated place) · ka იქით (in a distant, indicated place) · fy jinder (in a distant, indicated place) · uk тамо (in a distant, indicated place) · cs tam (in a distant, indicated place) · cs onde (in a distant, indicated place) · uk отам (in a distant, indicated place) · ta உங்கு (in a distant, indicated place) · ca allà (in a distant, indicated place) · is þarna (in a distant, indicated place) · tr orada (in a distant, indicated place) · ru вон та́м (in a distant, indicated place) · scn ddassutta (in a distant, indicated place) · ga ansiúd (in a distant, indicated place) · ar هُنَالِك (in a distant, indicated place) · gd an siud (in a distant, indicated place) · es acullá (further than "allá") (in a distant, indicated place) · es allí (in a distant, indicated place) · pt acolá (in a distant, indicated place) · uk онде (in a distant, indicated place) · ja 彼方 (in a distant, indicated place) · it laggiù (in a distant, indicated place) · cy draw (in a distant, indicated place) · ru там (in a distant, indicated place) · br hont (in a distant, indicated place)
From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
Meanings
(archaic, as an adjective, dialectal) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
But ſoft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the Eaſt, and Iuliet is the Sunne[…] c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
Yonder lass, who be she?
I wish I were on yonder hill
and there I’d sit and I’d cry my fill,
and ev’ry tear would turn a mill,
And a blessing walk with you, my love 2006, Cécile Corbel, “Siúil a Ruin”, in Songbook 1, performed by Cécile Corbel, Brittany: Keltia Musique:
Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
"You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?" 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:
(archaic, as a pronoun, dialectal) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
got 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (distant but within sight) · ru вон то́т (distant but within sight) · ja あの (distant but within sight) · grc κεῖνος (distant but within sight) · es aquella (distant but within sight) · sq atje (distant but within sight) · ko 그것 (distant but within sight) · pt aquele (distant but within sight) · br hont (distant but within sight) · ca aquell (distant but within sight) · mk о́нде (distant but within sight) · tr oradaki (distant but within sight) · fr là-bas (distant but within sight) · kw enos (distant but within sight) · ta உந்த (distant but within sight) · mk оној (distant but within sight) · mk о́ндека (distant but within sight) · ta உ- (distant but within sight) · cy acw (distant but within sight) · es aquel (distant but within sight) · ru вон то́ (distant but within sight) · ko 그 (distant but within sight) · ru вон та́ (distant but within sight) · ca aquella (distant but within sight) · pt aquela (distant but within sight) · ru вон те́ (distant but within sight) · grc ἐκεῖνος (distant but within sight) · pt aquilo (distant but within sight) · fi tuo (distant but within sight)
From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
Meanings
(literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
She set off into the blue yonder.
Off we go in to the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun... 1939, Robert MacArthur Crawford, Army Air Corps::