sund

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Contents 1 Dutch 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Interjection 2 Icelandic 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.3.2 Descendants 4 Old Irish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Alternative spellings 4.3 Adverb

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

[edit] Interjection

sund

1. pity!, a shame

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse

[edit] Noun

sund n.

1. swim
2. strait

[edit] Derived terms

• fara í sund

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *sundam, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund ‘swimming, strait’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʊnd/

[edit] Noun

sund n. (plural sund)

1. swimming
2. (poetic) sea, water

[edit] Derived terms

• sundwudu

[edit] Descendants

• English: sound

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with Welsh hwn (“‘this’”) and Proto-Celtic *sindo- (“‘this’”) (see sin and in).

[edit] Alternative spellings

• sunda
• sunna
• sunt

[edit] Adverb

sund

1. here (in this place)

   Ní epur a n-anman sund. – "I do not say their names here."

2. here (to this place), hither