honde

English

Noun

honde (plural hondes)

  1. Obsolete form of hand.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:
      They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it wt nales and hammers, that it moue not.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Noun

honde

  1. plural of hond

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

honde

  1. alternative form of hond (“hand”)

Etymology 2

Noun

honde

  1. alternative form of hound
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