sunder

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌndɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”). ==== Adjective ==== sunder (comparative more sunder, superlative most sunder) (dialectal or obsolete) Sundry; separate; different. ===== Derived terms ===== sunderling sunderly === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry. ==== Verb ==== sunder (third-person singular simple present sunders, present participle sundering, simple past and past participle sundered) (transitive) To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force. (intransitive) To part, separate. 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Severed Selves, lines 8-9 Two souls, the shores wave-mocked of sundering seas: — Such are we now. (UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To expose to the sun and wind. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== sundry ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== sunder (plural sunders) a separation into parts; a division or severance ===== Derived terms ===== sundrous === See also === sunder tree === Anagrams === Durens, Dusner, drusen, nursed, Øresund == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsun.der/ === Adverb === sunder alternative form of sundor