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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English yond, from Old English ġeond.
Adjective
yond (not comparable)
- (obsolete) further; more distant
- (obsolete) yonder
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :See you yond coign o' the Capitol, yond corner-stone?
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals), lines 46-48:Last night of all,
When yond same star that’s westward from the pole
Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven.
Adverb
yond (not comparable)
- (obsolete) yonder
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The fringed curtains of thine eye advance,
And say what thou seest yond.
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English onde (“malice, ill-will”), from Old English onda, anda (“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).
Adjective
yond
- (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
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