"ponder" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: ponders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”). Etymology templates: {{m+|enm|ponderen}} Middle English ponderen, {{der|enm|fro|ponderer|t=to weigh, balance, ponder}} Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”), {{der|enm|la|ponderare|t=to weigh, ponder}} Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ponder, {{enm-noun}} ponder (plural ponders)
  1. (glassblowing, obsolete) A fourteenth-century unit of glass. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Thinking, Glassblowing

Inflected forms

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