onde

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of onde

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)envy; hatred; malice
    “Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose.”
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually)breath

verb

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

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Etymology

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…

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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.

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