mund
mund · munds
A handA hand.
/mʊnd/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A hand.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Protection; guardianship.
Origin
From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, sFrom Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).
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Forms
plural: mundsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedmundbreach
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable