onden

Dutch

Noun

onden

1. plural of onde

Middle English

Alternative forms

• onde, ondyn
• ande (Catholicon Anglicum)

Etymology 1

PIE root
*h₂enh₁-

Borrowed from Old Norse anda, from Proto-Germanic *anadōną; by surface analysis, onde (“breath”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ̝ːndən/, /ˈɔndən/

Verb

onden (third-person singular simple present ondeth, present participle ondende, ondynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle onded) (uncommon)

1. To breathe, exhale.
2. (of a horse) To snort, puff.

Conjugation

Conjugation of onden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) onden, onde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	onde	onded
2nd-person singular	ondest	ondedest
3rd-person singular	ondeth	onded
subjunctive singular	onde
imperative singular		—
plural1	onden, onde	ondeden, ondede
imperative plural	ondeth, onde	—
participles	ondynge, ondende	onded

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• Middle Scots: aind, aynd
  • Scots: ein (obsolete)

References

• “ōnde(n, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

onden

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of onde (“enmity”)