noun · uncountable

undern

Synonym of afternoonSynonym of afternoon.

Meaning

5 senses

(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Synonym of afternoon.
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Synonym of evening.
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).

Origin

From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine

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.

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