Yond

//jɒnd// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Further; more distant. not-comparable, obsolete
  2. 2
    Furious; mad; angry; fierce. obsolete

    "Emongst the shepheard swaynes, then wexeth wood & yond"

  3. 3
    Yonder. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Nightly she sings on yond Pomgranet tree,"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Yonder. not-comparable, obsolete

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

Example

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"Nightly she sings on yond Pomgranet tree,"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English yond, from Old English ġeond.

Etymology 2

From Middle English onde (“malice, ill-will”), from Old English onda, anda (“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).

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