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yonder

adv
/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/UK/ˈjɑndəɹ/US/ˈjændə(ɹ)/

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”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).

  1. derived from *jainaz✻
  2. inherited from ġeonre — “thither; yonder”
  3. inherited from yonder

Definitions

  1. At or in a distant but indicated place.

    • See who yonder is.
    • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there."
    • Whose doublewide is that over yonder?

  2. Synonym of thither

    Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

    • As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.
    • They headed on over yonder.

  3. The farther, the more distant of two choices.

    • "You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?"
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

      • Yonder lass, who be she?
      • But ſoft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the Eaſt, and Iuliet is the Sunne[…]
      • Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ

    2. One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

      • The yonder is Queen Niobe.

    3. The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

      • Off we go in to the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun...

The neighborhood

Derived

absence makes the heart go yonder, here and yonder, hither and yonder, wild blue yonder, that yonder, this yonder, yonderly, yondermair, yondermost

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yonder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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