undern
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.
Noun
undern (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am). [10th-15thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI::
- (obsolete) Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm). [14th-15thc.]
- (UK dialect) Synonym of afternoon. [15thc.]
- (UK dialect) Synonym of evening. [15thc.]
- (UK dialect) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon. [17thc.]
Synonyms
- (light meal): snack
Derived terms
- andersmeat, half undern, high undern, undermeal, undern-bell, undern-song, underntide, undertide, whole undern
Translations
light meal
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References
- "undern, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Influenced in sense by Latin tertia. Cognate with Old Norse undorn.
Pronunciation
Noun
undern m
- terce, the third hour of the day (around 9 am)
- (in some later use) midday, the sixth hour of the day (12 pm)
- (in compounds) morning generally
Synonyms
- (third hour): undernmǣl, underntid, underntima
- (sixth hour): middæġ
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “undern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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