pund

English

Noun

pund (plural punds)

1. Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”).

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰunˀ]
• Rhymes: -unˀ

Noun

pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)

1. pound (currency)
2. (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
3. half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

Declension

Declension of pund

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pund	pundet	pund	pundene
genitive	punds	pundets	punds	pundenes

References

• “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰʊnt/

  Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)

1. pound (weight or currency)

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pund	pundið	pund	pundini
accusative	pund	pundið	pund	pundini
dative	pundi	pundinum	pundum	pundunum
genitive	punds	pundsins	punda	pundanna

Derived terms

• skálpund n
• lispund n
• skippund n
• tvípund n

Gothic

Romanization

pund

1. romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰʏnt/
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)

1. pound (unit of weight / mass)
   1. a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
   2. various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
2. pound (unit of currency)
3. (uncountable) wealth, possessions
4. (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth

Declension

Declension of pund (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pund	pundið	pund	pundin
accusative	pund	pundið	pund	pundin
dative	pundi	pundinu	pundum	pundunum
genitive	punds	pundsins	punda	pundanna

Middle English

Noun

pund

1. alternative form of pound

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)

References

• “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʉnː(d)/
• (esp. weight unit): IPA^(key): /puɲː/ (dialects with palatalization)

Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)

References

• “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pund/

Noun

pund n

1. pound (weight or currency)
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

     Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.

     Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scales"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

Descendants

• Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound
  • English: pound

    Northumbrian: pund

  • → Middle Irish: punt
    • Irish: punt
    • Manx: punt
  • Scots: pund, poond
• → Middle Cornish: puns
  • Cornish: peuns
• → Middle Welsh: punt
  • Welsh: punt

Swedish

The symbol for pound (unit of mass), comparable to English ℔, formerly used in Sweden and other countries.

Etymology

From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pund n

1. a pound (unit of mass)
2. a pound (currency), capital, resources

Declension

Declension of pund

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pund	punds
	definite	pundet	pundets
plural	indefinite	pund	punds
	definite	punden	pundens

Related terms

• lispund
• pundare
• skålpund
• skeppund

Further reading

• pund in Svensk ordbok.
• pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)