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onde¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”).

Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.

noun ondes · aand · aind · and · ande · aynd

  1. obsolete, uncountable, usually envy; hatred; malice Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose.

    Similar: envy, hatred

  2. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually breath

    Similar: breath

onde²

Where it comes from

From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”).

verb ondes · onding · onded · ande · aind

  1. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete To breathe; breathe on.

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@misc{onde_2026,
  title = {onde},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onde},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}