pind

English

Alternative forms

  • pin (Yorkshire)
  • pynd, peynd (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (to impound, shut up, inclose), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (to impound). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪnd/, /paɪnd/

Verb

pind (third-person singular simple present pinds, present participle pinding, simple past and past participle pinded)

  1. (transitive, now rare or chiefly dialectal) To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
  2. (transitive, Northern England) To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

From the Old Norse pinni (a pin),[1] cognates include the Icelandic pinni (a pin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pend/, [pʰenˀ]
  • Rhymes: -end

Noun

pind c (singular definite pinden, plural indefinite pinde)

  1. stick
  2. perch
  3. peg
  4. row (in knitting)

Inflection

Derived terms

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pinta. Cognate to Finnish pinta.

Noun

pind (genitive pinna, partitive pinda)

  1. surface
Declension

Noun

pind (genitive pinnu, partitive pindu)

  1. splinter
Declension

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pinta. Cognates include Finnish pinta.

Noun

pind

  1. surface
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