Dictionary:bund

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi or a variant thereof

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

bund [bund, bo^und] and bundsman [bun(d)sman, bo^un(d)s-], bond [bɔnd, bånd] and bondsman [bɔn(d)sman, bån(d)s-], sb., 1) capable farmer, a guid [‘good’] b. [bɔnd, bɔn(d)sman, bun(d)sman] upo de land: Y^e; shø’s [‘she has’] married a guid bond (Y.; Fe.). 2) crofter, tenant of a piece of land, bundsman: U. bunds [bu‘ns, bo^unds], pl., = bunds-folk [bu‘nsfɔk, bo^undsfɔk], collect., poor crofters; U.; bunds [bu‘ns, bo^unds]-lass, (poor) crofter’s girl (U.). — Balfour gives a form *bonder in sense of udaller. — O.N. bóndi, m., freeholder; udaller. — “bonder” is prob. the old pl. form: O.N. bœndr. “bonder” is doubtless a sing. form, arisen from the later pl. form “bonders”, which is formed by adding the Eng. pl. s to the older pl. sign “(e)r”.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

bund

1. crofter

Inflection

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Synonyms

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