yond

[ yond ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Archaic.

Origin of yond¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English geond; akin to Dutch ginds, Gothic jaind. See yon

Fetch yond Bible from t' shelf, lad, and read t' neanth chaapter o' Maark, and t' forty-third verse.

Ever since Superior looped the looperior and flung me feet over forehead into the bee-yond.

See how yond star, like beauty in a cloud,Illumines darkness, and beguiles the moonOf all her glory in the firmament!

Follow yond stranger; prithee learn his name.We may hereafter thank him.

Nowe cutt my ropes, itt is time to be gon; Ile fetch yond pedlars backe mysell.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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