onde meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology

onde

noun

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 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.

Obsolete, Usually envy; hatred; malice

Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose.

Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal, Usually breath

Derived terms: in ande, out of ande

onde

verb

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

Dialectal, Obsolete To breathe; breathe on.

Derived terms: onding