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hind
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *?em-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *?óm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????????? (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
Adjective
hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)
- Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
Derived terms
- hind leg
- hindlook
- hindsight
Translations
Etymology 2
Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hind?, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *?em- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.
Noun
hind (plural hinds)
- A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
- A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
Synonyms
- (female deer): doe
Derived terms
- hindberry
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old English h?(?)na, genitive plural of h??a (“servant, family member”), in the phrase h?na fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (“servant”).
Noun
hind (plural hinds)
- (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
- 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:
- The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds.
- 1931, Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth:
- that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind, who am your son as well as he!
- 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hind.
Anagrams
- Dinh
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hen?/, [hen?]
Noun
hind c (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)
- hind (female deer)
Inflection
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hinta. Cognate with Finnish hinta.
Noun
hind (genitive hinna, partitive hinda)
- price
Declension
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?nt/
Etymology 1
Noun
hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)
- membrane
Declension
Synonyms
- hinna
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.
Noun
hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)
- hind (female deer)
Declension
Derived terms
- hindber
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
hind f (genitive singular hindar, nominative plural hindir)
- female deer, hind
Declension
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hind?, *hindiz, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xind/, [hind]
Noun
hind f
- hind
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: hind, hinde, hynde
- Scots: hynde, hynd, hind
- English: hind
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “hind”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scots
Alternative forms
- hynd, hynde, hyne, hin, hine
Etymology
From Early Scots hyne (“stripling”), from Northumbrian Old English h??u or h??an (“members of a household”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?in(d)/
- (Hawick) IPA(key): /?h?nd/
Noun
hind (plural hinds)
- (archaic) A skilled labourer on a farm, especially a ploughman. In Southern Scotland, specifically a married skilled farmworker given housing in a cottage and often given special privileges in addition to his wages. Occasionally a derogatory term.
Derived terms
- hindin (“the act of being a hind”)
- hindish (“to be like a hind; rustic”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hind, cognate with Old High German hinta, German Hinde, English hind.
Noun
hind c
- a doe, a hind; the female of deer
- skygg som en hind
- shy as a doe
- skygg som en hind
Declension
References
- hind in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hind in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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rearward
English
Etymology
rear +? -ward
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??i?.w? d/
Noun
rearward (plural rearwards)
- The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up.
- The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard.
Alternative forms
- rereward (obsolete)
Adjective
rearward (comparative more rearward, superlative most rearward)
- Toward the back or rear of something.
- The rearward seats of the bus were unpleasantly close to the toilet facilities.
Adverb
rearward
- Toward the back or rear of something.
- 1991, Peter Cozzens, Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River (page 124)
- The ensuing struggle was bitter but brief, as for a third time the Alabamians stumbled rearward through the cedars. If Manigault were to take the guns, he would need help.
- 1991, Peter Cozzens, Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River (page 124)
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