tind

== English == === Etymology 1 === From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3). ==== Alternative forms ==== tynd, teend, tine, teen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɪnd/ Rhymes: -ɪnd Homophone: tinned ==== Verb ==== tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind) (obsolete) To ignite, kindle. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth. ==== Alternative forms ==== tynd ==== Noun ==== tind (plural tinds) A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike. === References === “tind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === NDTI, di'n't, din't, dint, idn't == Icelandic == === Noun === tind indefinite accusative singular of tindur == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse tindr. === Noun === tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tinder, definite plural tindene) a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.) a mountain peak, pinnacle === References === “tind” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “tind” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse tindr. === Noun === tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tindar, definite plural tindane) a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.) a mountain peak, pinnacle === References === “tind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr, and related to Old High German zinna (German Zinne (“pinnacle”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tind/ === Noun === tind m (nominative plural tindas) a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tind, tynd English: tine, tind == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tind] === Verb === tind inflection of tinde: first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive third-person plural present indicative