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tind¹

  • /ˈtɪnd/

Sounds like tinned · Rhymes with -ɪnd

Where it comes from

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

verb tinds · tinding · tinded · tind

  1. obsolete To ignite, kindle. Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].

tind²

Where it comes from

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

noun tinds · tynd

  1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
  2. Scotland, UK, dialectal A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

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@misc{tind_2026,
  title = {tind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}