pyndan

pyndan
wv/t1b to shut up, dam

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  • Pend — Pend, v. t. [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.] To pen; to confine. [R.] [1913 Webster] ended within the limits . . . of Greece. Udall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pinder — Pin der, n. [AS. pyndan to pen up, fr. pund a pound.] One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pinder — Officer of a *manor responsible for stray animals. In the Boldon Book, the existence of pinderland was mentioned. It indicated that whoever held pinderland should be the pinder, i.e. the officer responsible for strays. [< OldEngl. pyndan = to… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Punder — Officer of a *manor responsible for stray animals. In the Boldon Book, the existence of pinderland was mentioned. It indicated that whoever held pinderland should be the pinder, i.e. the officer responsible for strays. [< OldEngl. pyndan = to… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Pender — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin with variant spellings Pinder, Pindar, Pindor, and Pender, is an occupational name for an official who was responsible for rounding up stray animals and placing them in a pound, deriving from an… …   Surnames reference

  • Pindar — This interesting name is job descriptive for an Official of the Manor or Village responsible for impounding stray cattle or other domestic animals and hold them within a Pound . The surname is also found as Pounder or the metonymic Pound , the… …   Surnames reference

  • Pinder — This interesting name is job descriptive for an Official of the Manor or Village responsible for impounding stray cattle or other domestic animals and hold them within a Pound . The surname is also found as Pounder or the metonymic Pound , the… …   Surnames reference

  • pound — {{11}}pound (n.1) measure of weight, O.E. pund, from W.Gmc. stem *punda pound as a measure of weight (Cf. Goth. pund, O.H.G. pfunt, Ger. Pfund, M.Du. pont, O.Fris., O.N. pund), early borrowing from L. pondo pound, originally in libra pondo …   Etymology dictionary

  • pound — I. /paʊnd / (say pownd) verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to force (a way) by battering. 3. to crush by beating, as with an instrument; pulverise. –verb (i) 4. to… …  

  • pound — pound1 [pound] n. pl. pounds; sometimes, after a number, pound [ME < OE pund, akin to Ger pfund: WGmc loanword < L pondo, a pound, orig. abl. of pondus, weight (in libra pondo, a pound in weight), akin to pendere: see PENDANT] 1. a) the… …   English World dictionary

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