und
nounattested in dialogue
- //ʌnd//
A billow- or wave-like marking.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA wave.
Lute, Unds, and Sands did long our March oppose, And asp'rous Rocks, the Bulwarks of our Foes.
- 2
A billow- or wave-like marking.
The house of Chedle yet after this diuiding it selfe into two branches, John Basset of new place (being of the yoonger house) left the Labell, and charged the blacke vnds with manie besants dispersed all ouer them.
- 3
Variant of andNonstandard spelling of and, usually signifying a German accent, due to "und" meaning "and" in German..
Etymology
From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
Forms
- plural
- unds