sund

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔnˀ]

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

1. a sound, strait

“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

sund

1. healthy, wholesome

“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

sund

1. pity, a shame

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”). Related to svimja.

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

1. (geography) sound, channel

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

• IPA^(key): /sʏnt/

  Rhymes: -ʏnt

sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

1. (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
2. channel, strait, sound
3. alley, lane

• eiði

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)

1. sound, strait, channel

   Synonym: strede

• “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• soinn (eye dialect)

Inherited from Old Norse sund.

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)

1. sound, strait, channel

• “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).

• IPA^(key): /sund/

sund n

1. swimming

   Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.

   You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"

     God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.

     God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.

2. (poetic) sea, water

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: sound
  • English: sound
  • Scots: sound
• → Old French: sonde
  • Middle French: sonde
    • French: sonde
  • ⇒ Old French: sonder
    • Middle French: sonder
      • French: sonder
        • ⇒ French: sondage

• sunda, sunna, sunt

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *sondos (more specifically, its dative singular *sondūi); cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”).

• IPA^(key): /sun͈d/

sund

1. here (in this place)

   Synonym: siu

2. here (to this place), hither

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

• IPA^(key): /sɵnd/

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sund

1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

   en sund livsstil

   a healthy lifestyle

   en sund inställning

   a healthy attitude

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

sund n

1. (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)

   Gibraltar sund

   Strait of Gibraltar

Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

• kanal
• vik

• sund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• duns