noun
Meaning 1
A hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mund
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/mʊnd/
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/mʌnd/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ʊnd
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rhymes with -ʌnd
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CMU ARPABET: M AH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Protection; guardianship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).