tind

English

Etymology 1

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

Alternative forms

• tynd, teend, tine, teen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪnd/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd
• Homophone: tinned

Verb

tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind)

1. (obsolete) To ignite, kindle.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].

Etymology 2

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

Alternative forms

• tynd

Noun

tind (plural tinds)

1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

References

• “tind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• I'dn't, NDTI, di'n't, din't, dint, idn't

Icelandic

Noun

tind

1. indefinite accusative singular of tindur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tindr.

Noun

tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tinder, definite plural tindene)

1. a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.)
2. a mountain peak, pinnacle

References

• “tind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tind” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tindr.

Noun

tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tindar, definite plural tindane)

1. a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.)
2. a mountain peak, pinnacle

References

• “tind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr, and related to Old High German zinna (German Zinne (“pinnacle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tind/

Noun

tind m (nominative plural tindas)

1. a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine

Descendants

• Middle English: tind, tynd
  • English: tine, tind

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

tind

1. inflection of tinde:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative