pund

== English == === Noun === pund (plural punds) Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”). == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpʰunˀ] Rhymes: -unˀ === Noun === pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund) pound (currency) (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839) half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people) ==== Declension ==== === References === “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʰʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʊnt === Noun === pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund) pound (weight or currency) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skálpund n lispund n skippund n tvípund n == Gothic == === Romanization === pund romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳 == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʰʏnt/ Rhymes: -ʏnt === Noun === pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund) pound (unit of weight / mass) a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g) pound (unit of currency) (uncountable) wealth, possessions (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === pund alternative form of pound == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus. === Noun === pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene) a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.) a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts) === References === “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʉnː(d)/ (esp. weight unit): IPA(key): /puɲː/ (dialects with palatalization) === Noun === pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda) a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.) a pound (former unit of weight in Norway) === References === “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pund/ Rhymes: -und === Noun === pund n pound (weight or currency) c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound English: pound Geordie: pund → Middle Irish: punt Irish: punt Manx: punt Scots: pund, poond → Middle Cornish: puns Cornish: peuns → Middle Welsh: punt Welsh: punt === Further reading === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “pund, es; n.”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 779. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo. === Pronunciation === === Noun === pund n a pound (unit of mass) a pound (currency), capital, resources ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== lispund pundare skålpund skeppund === Further reading === “pund”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)