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▪ I. yond, a.1 and pron. Obs. exc. dial.|jɒnd| Forms: α. 3 yeonde, Orm. ȝonnd, 3–4 (6 Sc.) ȝond, 4 ȝonde, ȝund, yend, 5–6 yonde, (6 ȝound, 7 yon'd, yond', yound'), 4– yond. [adj. use of yond adv., after yon a. Cf. EFris. juntî, MLG. gint, Du. gindsch. The 17th cent. spelling of the word with an apostrophe (yond') indicates that it was regarded as short for yonder.] A. adj. †1. Qualifying half, side, or the like (with or without the preceding): The farther, the more distant, ‘the other’. Obs.
c1200Ormin 10588 Þatt an wass o ȝonnd hallf þe flumm & o þiss hallf þatt oþerr. 1340Ayenb. 256 Þis waye ne ssel hongi of þis half ne of yend half, ariȝthalf ne alefthalf. 13..Ball. on Scotish Wars 91 (Ritson) On yonde-alf Humbre. 1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 191 Nane that wes that tyme wonand On ȝond half Tweid durst weill apeir. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xv. lxxxii. (W. de W.) H iij, The next party therof beerith corne... The yonde [Bodl. MS. ȝendre] party toward Mundia is ocupied wt beestis. 1553Douglas' æneis vi. v. 166 Vncallit on the ȝound bray wald thou be? 1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 194 Beneficit men on the yond syde of the Month [sc. Grampians]. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 122 To this end Andro Bartayne saylet with a multitud of marineris to the ȝond syd. 1623Webster Duchess Malfi v. iii, To yond side o' th' riuer lies a wall. 2. = yon a. 1. Rarely preceded by the, as in quot. c 1380 (cf. yonder a. 1 b).
a1300Cursor M. 8743 Me think sua, if yee rede, Þe child be nawight don to ded, Bot he be yoldon to yond wijf. c1330Arth. & Merl. 5862 Ȝond men ledeþ Leodegan Ybounden toward king Rion. c1380Sir Ferumb. 5367 Fro þe ȝond pauyllons prykeþ a knyȝt. c1400Destr. Troy 3160 And prise of þis prouynse are in yond proude yle. c1500Melusine 70 Lepe on horsbak and ryde on your way to mete yonde straungers. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. iv. 5 In a Countrie where there is a Prince, euerie man may well say, yondsame is the king, yondsame is the Prince. 1602Shakes. Ham. i. i. 36 When yond same Starre that's Westward from the Pole Had made his course. a1616Beaum. & Fl. Bonduca iii. iii, The Roman is advanc'd from yound' hils brow. 1641Brome Joviall Crew 11, But do you see yon'd Fellow? 1672Dryden Assignation ii. ii, There's the Wall: Behind yond' Pane of it we'll set up the Ladder. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 67. 3/2 Yond Azure Roof. 1886Brierley Cast upon World xiv, I'd rayther live at yond farmhouse than here. B. pron. (the adj. used absol.) = yon pron. In early use preceded by the.
a1250Owl & Night. 119 Iwis hit was ure oȝe broþer Þe ȝond [Jesus MS. Þat yeonde] þat haved þat grete heued. c1350Will. Palerne 3052 Þe ȝond is þat semly and his selue make. c1520Skelton Magnyf. 780 Who is yonde that for the dothe call? 1601Shakes. All's Well iii. v. 85 Yonds that same knaue That leades him to these places. 1623Webster Duchess Malfi v. iii, Yond's the Cardinall's window. 1886Brierley Cast upon World ii, Come, Tummy, let's goo,..I conno abide t' yer yond. ▪ II. † yond, a.2 Obs. pseudo-arch. Spenserian word, with the sense ‘furious, savage’, due to misunderstanding of a passage containing yond a.1 or adv., prob. the following:— Beth egre as is a Tygre yond in Ynde (Chaucer Clerk's T. 1143).
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 40 Like a Lion, which hath long time saught His robbed whelpes, and at the last them fond.., then wexeth wood and yond. Ibid. iii. vii. 26 As Florimell fled from that Monster yond. 1600Fairfax Tasso i. lv, Those three brethren, Lombards fierce and yond [orig. i tre fratei lombardi al chiaro mondo Involi]. ▪ III. yond, prep. and adv. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 1 ᵹeond, ᵹiond, ᵹeondan, iand, 2–3 ȝeond, 3 ȝeont, þuond, 3–4 ȝeonde, ȝund, ȝont, 3–5 (6 Sc.) ȝond, 4–5 ȝonde, yonde, (5 yande, 6 Sc. ȝound), 6, 8–9 Sc. yont, (prep. only 8 Sc. 'yont, 8–9 'yond), 4– yond. β. 3–4 ȝend, 4 ȝende, ȝent, yent, (ȝendis). [OE. ᵹeond prep., also ᵹeondan (cf. beyond), corresp. to MLG. gint, genten, jint there, LG. gunt, gunten, early Flem. ghins, Du. ginds, Goth. jaind: see yon a.] A. prep. †1. Through, throughout, over, across. Obs.
c888ælfred Boeth. xviii. §2 Þæt ᵹe woldon eowerne naman tobrædan ᵹeond ealle eorþan. a1000Gloria 2 (Gr.) Sy þe wuldor & lof wide ᵹeopenod ᵹeond ealle þeoda. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xii. 43 He gæð ᵹeond driᵹe stowa secende reste. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1048 & com þa Eustatius fram ᵹeondan sæ sona æfter þam biscop. c1205Lay. 28 Laȝamon gon liðen wide ȝond þas leode. Ibid. 423 Wide ȝend [c 1275 ȝeont] þane londe. 13..K. Horn (Harl. MS.) 1078 He sende þo by sonde, ȝend al is londe, after knyhtes to fyhte. c1320Cast. Love 1448 He..sette tweyne and tweyne to gon Ȝond al þe world to prechen vchon. c1325Chron. Eng. 809 in Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 304 He wes..Cleped yent this lond wide Edmound Irneneside. 2. On (or to) the farther side of, beyond. In later use poet., or Sc. (chiefly in form yont); often written with apostrophe as if aphetic f. beyond or ayont.
1388Wyclif Ezra iv. 16 Thou schalt not haue possessioun biȝende [v.r. ȝendis] the flood [Vulg. trans fluvium].
1567Drant Horace, Ep. i. xi. E ij, If those chaunge weather, not their wit, which yont the sea do run. 1579Hake Newes out of Powles (1872) E iij b, Thou God of grace,..yond whome we can not roaue Or raunge aright. 1720Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 169 'Yond Seas I saw the Upstarts drifting. 1725― Gentle Sheph. iii. ii, A' that's done In ilka place beneath, or yont the moon. c1730― Eclipse iv, Imprudent men..Rax yont their reach. 1789D. Davidson Seasons 58 The silent night..sinks 'yond the western main. 1866‘Sarah Tytler’ Days of Yore iv. iv, She would have a hoard to fill Elspa's drawer ‘yont the coast’. a1870Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) II. 317 Desperate deeds ‘Yond ocean [they] had been doomed to dare. B. adv. 1. = yonder adv. 1.
c1300St. Brandan 1 Seint Brendan the holi man was ȝund of Irlande. a1327in Rel. Ant. I. 123 Ȝent ryd Maximon. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 241 The fairnesse of that lady þat I see Yond in the gardyn romen to and fro. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 263 Ihesus as a gyaunt with a gyn comeþ ȝonde [v.rr. ȝont, ȝeonde, ȝende, ȝender]. c1475Partenay 5827 Be-hold yande that hiduous montain. a1553Udall Royster D. i. ii. (Arb.) 10 Who commeth forth yond from my swete hearte Custance? a1592Greene Jas. IV, ii. ii, Yond comes the messenger of weale or woe. 1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 409 Say what thou see'st yond. 1639Cokaine Masque Poems (1669) 124 Sweet youth! yon'd is your Father, kiss his hand. 1815Scott Guy M. iii, Sit down yont there at the door. 1898Hardy Wessex Poems 204 Young Tim away yond..Through brimble and underwood tears. b. = yonder adv. 1 b.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 36 Sittaþ her oþ þæt ic gange ᵹeond [Lindisf. ðider; Ags. Gosp. & Hatton hiderᵹeond]. c1350Will. Palerne 263 Goþ yond to a gret lord þat gayly is tyred. c1375Cursor M. 3065 (Fairf.) Lede him ȝonde. c. † here and yond, here and there (obs.); hither and yond (now Sc.), hither and thither. Cf. yon adv. b, yonder adv. 1 c.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. [xii.] (1890) 428 Ða ahof ic mine eaᵹan upp & locade hider & ᵹeond. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3851 Her and ȝund ðor he biried lin. 1831Campbell Lines on View from St. Leonards 83 Moored as they cast the shadows of their masts In long array, or hither flit and yond Mysteriously. 2. At or to a distance; (far or farther) away. far yond, in an extremely bad state, ‘far gone’. In later use Sc.
13..K. Horn (Harl. MS.) 1261 Ich eode mony a myle, wel fer ȝent by weste [Camb. MS. Wel feor bi ȝonde weste]. 1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 9 Nor frawart Saturn..Durst langar..appeir, Bot stall abak ȝond in his regioun far Behynd the circulat warld of Jupiter. a1665W. Guthrie Serm. (1709) 24 (Jam.) When he that reproves in the gate makes himself a prey, then they are far yond, when they refuse to return. 1721Ramsay Prosp. Plenty 19 Sweet prolifick Plains..Stand yont; for Amphitrite claims our Sang. 1893Stevenson Catriona xxx, I'll be getting a wee yont amang the bents, so that I can see what way James goes. |