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.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:
- ...wete yow wel that sir launcelot was glad and soo was that lady Elayne
that she had geten sir launcelot in her armes...
and soo they lay to gyders vntyl vndorne on the morn
and alle the wyndowes and holes of that chamber were stopped that no manere of day myghte be sene- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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, undertide, whole undern
Translations
light meal
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References
- "undern, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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
Derived terms
- underngereord, underngifl, undernmete, undernrest, undernsang, undernswæsendu
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “undern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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