pund

pund (plural punds)

1. Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”)

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰunˀ]
• Rhymes: -unˀ

pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)

1. pound (currency)
2. (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
3. half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

• “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

• IPA^(key): /pʰʊnt/

  Rhymes: -ʊnt

pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)

1. pound (weight or currency)

• skálpund n
• lispund n
• skippund n
• tvípund n

pund

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.

• IPA^(key): /pʰʏnt/
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)

1. pound (unit of weight / mass)
   1. a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
   2. various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
2. pound (unit of currency)
3. (uncountable) wealth, possessions
4. (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)

• “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)

• “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.

• IPA^(key): /pund/

pund n

1. pound (weight or currency)

• Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound
  • English: pound

    Northumbrian: pund

  • → Middle Irish: punt
    • Irish: punt
    • Manx: punt
  • Scots: pund, poond
• → Middle Welsh: punt
  • Welsh: punt

From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

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pund n

1. a pound (unit of mass)
2. a pound (currency), capital, resources

• lispund
• pundare
• skålpund
• skeppund

• pund in Svensk ordbok.
• pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• pund in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)