yond

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English yond, from Old English ġeond.

Adjective

yond (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) further; more distant
2. (obsolete) yonder
   • c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene IV.

     See you yond coign o' the Capitol, yond corner-stone?

   • (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Lines 46-48:

     Last night of all, / When yond same star that’s westward from the pole / Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven.

Adverb

yond (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) yonder
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene ii^[1]:

     The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, / And say what thou seest yond.

See also

• beyond

Etymology 2

From Old English onda, anda (“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).

Adjective

yond

1. (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
   • (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Then wexeth wood and yond.

Anagrams

• dyno, dyon