Mund

//mʊnd// noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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