yonder

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Etymology

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (thither; yonder, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (yonder), Saterland Frisian tjunder (over there, yonder), Dutch ginder (over there; yonder), Middle Low German ginder, gender (over there), German jenseits (on the other side, beyond),[1] Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, thither).[2]

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Adverb

yonder (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or dialect especially Cumbria, Southern US) At or in a distant but indicated place.
    Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
  2. (archaic or dialect) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
    They headed on over yonder.

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Adjective

yonder (comparative more yonder, superlative most yonder)

  1. (archaic or dialect) The farther, the more distant of two choices.

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yonder

  1. (archaic or dialect, as an adjective) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
    Yonder lass, who be she?
  2. (archaic or dialect, as a pronoun) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
    The yonder is Queen Niobe.

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  • (distant but within sight): yon

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Noun

yonder (plural yonders)

  1. (literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

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References

  1. ^ https://www.dwds.de/wb/dwb/jener
  2. ^ yonder, adv., adj., pron., & n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1921.
  3. ^ Stanley, Oma (1937) “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 7, page 18.
  4. ^ Bingham, Caleb (1808) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book , 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 77.

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