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▪ I. † mund Obs.
[OE. mund fem. = OFris. mund masc. guardianship, guardian, OS. mund hand, OHG. munt fem. hand, protection, masc. protector, ON. mund fem. hand, mund-r masc. sum paid by a bridegroom for his bride.]
1. A hand or palm, as a measure of length.
The primary sense ‘hand’ (part of the body) is not found later than OE.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 27 Mar. 52 Stænen bed seofon fota lang ond þrym mundum hierre þonne þæs huses flor. c1205Lay. 21994 He is end-longe feouwer & sixti munden.
2. Protection, guardianship.
a1023Wulfstan Hom. xxviii. (Napier) 132 ᵹe orsorᵹe wuniað on lande..under mynre munde. c1205Lay. 10518, & hælden me to munde a þire aȝere hond. 1861Maine Anc. Law v. (1876) 145 All the Germanic immigrants seem to have recognised a corporate union of the family under the mund, or authority of a patriarchal chief.
3. A guardian, protector.
a1064Charter of Eadweard in Kemble Codex Dipl. VI. 203 Ðat he beo ðærto ᵹeheald & mund under me. c1205Lay. 23246 Of me þu scalt halden and habben me to munde.
▪ II. mund
var. mun n.1, mound n.1 and n.2
▪ III. mund(e
obs. variant forms of mind n.1 |