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undern

noun

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.

  1. inherited from *h₁n̥ter✻
  2. inherited from *undurniz✻
  3. inherited from undern
  4. inherited from undern

Definitions

  1. Synonym of terce

    Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

  2. Synonym of noon

    Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).

  3. Synonym of afternoon.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Synonym of evening.

    2. A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.

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Derived

andersmeat, half undern, high undern, undermeal, undern-bell, undern-song, underntide, undern-time, undertide, whole undern

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA