undern

== English == === Alternative forms === underne, undirn === Etymology === From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn. === Noun === undern (uncountable) (obsolete) Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am). [10th–15th c.] (obsolete) Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm). [14th–15th c.] (UK, dialectal) Synonym of afternoon. [from 15th c.] (UK, dialectal) Synonym of evening. [from 15th c.] (UK, dialectal) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon. [from 17th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (noon): meridian, sext; see also Thesaurus:midday (afternoon): arvo; see also Thesaurus:afternoon (evening): eventide; see also Thesaurus:evening (light meal): snack ==== Derived terms ==== andersmeat, half undern, high undern, undermeal, undern-bell, undern-song, underntide, undern-time, undertide, whole undern ==== Translations ==== === References === "undern, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Anagrams === dunner, end run, runned == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Influenced in sense by Latin tertia. Cognate with Old Norse undorn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈun.dern/, [ˈun.derˠn] === Noun === undern m terce, the third hour of the day (around 9 am) (in some later use) midday, the sixth hour of the day (12 pm) (in compounds) morning generally ==== Synonyms ==== (third hour): undernmǣl, underntīd, underntima (sixth hour): middæġ ==== Hypernyms ==== stunda, tid ==== Derived terms ==== underngereord, underngifl, undernmete, undernrest, undernsang, undernswæsendu ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ondern, undern English: undern === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “undern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.