mund

See also: Mund and mund'

English

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊnd/, /mʌnd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊnd, -ʌnd

Noun

mund (countable and uncountable, plural munds)

1. (obsolete) A hand.
2. (obsolete) Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
3. (obsolete) Protection; guardianship.

Derived terms

• mundbreach

Anagrams

• UNDM