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English
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).
- (obsolete) Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).
- (UK, dialectal) Synonym of afternoon.
- (UK, dialectal) Synonym of evening.
- (UK, dialectal) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.
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- "undern, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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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.
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Noun
undern m
- terce, the third hour of the day (around 9 am)
- (in some later use) midday, the sixth hour of the day (12 pm)
- (in compounds) morning generally
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