hind

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 3 Estonian 3.1 Noun 4 Icelandic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Old English 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪnd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪnd

[edit] Etymology 1

Perhaps an abbreviation of Old English behindan ‘behind’.

[edit] Adjective

hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)

1. Located at the rear.

[edit] Derived terms

• hind leg

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English hind, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.

[edit] Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.

[edit] Synonyms

• doe

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 3

Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa ‘servant, family member’, in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound).

[edit] Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

---

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hend/, [henˀ]

[edit] Noun

hind c. (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)

1. hind (female deer)

[edit] Inflection

---

[edit] Estonian

[edit] Noun

hind

1. price

---

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [hɪnt]

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

[edit] Noun

hind f. (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

1. female deer, hind

---

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hinthjo, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind

[edit] Noun

hind f

1. hind