"sund" meaning in Old English

See sund in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sund/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sund|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *sund, {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*sund}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sundą}} Proto-Germanic *sundą, {{cog|en|swim}} English swim, {{cog|non|sund}} Old Norse sund, {{cog|no|sund|t=a swimming, strait}} Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sund n, {{ang-noun|n}} sund n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|sund}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sund|sund|sund|sund|sundes|sunda|sunde|sundum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sund [nominative, singular], sund [nominative, plural], sund [accusative, singular], sund [accusative, plural], sundes [genitive, singular], sunda [genitive, plural], sunde [dative, singular], sundum [dative, plural]
  1. swimming Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-sund-ang-noun-eqsGzZC2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. (poetic) sea, water Tags: neuter, poetic
    Sense id: en-sund-ang-noun-L5YH0Ce-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sundlīne, sundplega, sundrāp, sundwudu, sundġierd
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