▪ I. yond, a.1 and pron. Obs. exc. dial.
(jɒnd)
Forms: α. 3 yeonde, Orm. ȝonnd, 3–4 (6 Sc.) ȝond, 4 ȝonde, ȝund, yend, 5–6 yonde, (6 ȝound, 7 yon'd, yond', yound'), 4– yond.
[adj. use of yond adv., after yon a. Cf. EFris. juntî, MLG. gint, Du. gindsch.
The 17th cent. spelling of the word with an apostrophe (yond') indicates that it was regarded as short for yonder.]
A. adj.
† 1. Qualifying half, side, or the like (with or without the preceding): The farther, the more distant, ‘the other’. Obs.
| c 1200 Ormin 10588 Þatt an wass o ȝonnd hallf þe flumm & o þiss hallf þatt oþerr. 1340 Ayenb. 256 Þis waye ne ssel hongi of þis half ne of yend half, ariȝthalf ne alefthalf. 13.. Ball. on Scotish Wars 91 (Ritson) On yonde-alf Humbre. 1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 191 Nane that wes that tyme wonand On ȝond half Tweid durst weill apeir. 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xv. lxxxii. (W. de W.) H iij, The next party therof beerith corne... The yonde [Bodl. MS. ȝendre] party toward Mundia is ocupied w{supt} beestis. 1553 Douglas' æneis vi. v. 166 Vncallit on the ȝound bray wald thou be? 1561 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 194 Beneficit men on the yond syde of the Month [sc. Grampians]. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 122 To this end Andro Bartayne saylet with a multitud of marineris to the ȝond syd. 1623 Webster Duchess Malfi v. iii, To yond side o' th' riuer lies a wall. |
2. = yon a. 1.
Rarely preceded by the, as in quot. c 1380 (cf. yonder a. 1 b).
| a 1300 Cursor M. 8743 Me think sua, if yee rede, Þe child be nawight don to ded, Bot he be yoldon to yond wijf. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 5862 Ȝond men ledeþ Leodegan Ybounden toward king Rion. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 5367 Fro þe ȝond pauyllons prykeþ a knyȝt. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3160 And prise of þis prouynse are in yond proude yle. c 1500 Melusine 70 Lepe on horsbak and ryde on your way to mete yonde straungers. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. iv. 5 In a Countrie where there is a Prince, euerie man may well say, yondsame is the king, yondsame is the Prince. 1602 Shakes. Ham. i. i. 36 When yond same Starre that's Westward from the Pole Had made his course. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Bonduca iii. iii, The Roman is advanc'd from yound' hils brow. 1641 Brome Joviall Crew 11, But do you see yon'd Fellow? 1672 Dryden Assignation ii. ii, There's the Wall: Behind yond' Pane of it we'll set up the Ladder. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 67. 3/2 Yond Azure Roof. 1886 Brierley Cast upon World xiv, I'd rayther live at yond farmhouse than here. |
B. pron. (the adj. used absol.) = yon pron.
In early use preceded by the.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 119 Iwis hit was ure oȝe broþer Þe ȝond [Jesus MS. Þat yeonde] þat haved þat grete heued. c 1350 Will. Palerne 3052 Þe ȝond is þat semly and his selue make. c 1520 Skelton Magnyf. 780 Who is yonde that for the dothe call? 1601 Shakes. All's Well iii. v. 85 Yonds that same knaue That leades him to these places. 1623 Webster Duchess Malfi v. iii, Yond's the Cardinall's window. 1886 Brierley Cast upon World ii, Come, Tummy, let's goo,..I conno abide t' yer yond. |
▪ II. † yond, a.2 Obs. pseudo-arch.
Spenserian word, with the sense ‘furious, savage’, due to misunderstanding of a passage containing yond a.1 or adv., prob. the following:—
Beth egre as is a Tygre yond in Ynde (Chaucer Clerk's T. 1143).
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 40 Like a Lion, which hath long time saught His robbed whelpes, and at the last them fond.., then wexeth wood and yond. Ibid. iii. vii. 26 As Florimell fled from that Monster yond. 1600 Fairfax Tasso i. lv, Those three brethren, Lombards fierce and yond [orig. i tre fratei lombardi al chiaro mondo Involi]. |
▪ III. yond, prep. and adv. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 ᵹeond, ᵹiond, ᵹeondan, iand, 2–3 ȝeond, 3 ȝeont, þuond, 3–4 ȝeonde, ȝund, ȝont, 3–5 (6 Sc.) ȝond, 4–5 ȝonde, yonde, (5 yande, 6 Sc. ȝound), 6, 8–9 Sc. yont, (prep. only 8 Sc. 'yont, 8–9 'yond), 4– yond. β. 3–4 ȝend, 4 ȝende, ȝent, yent, (ȝendis).
[OE. ᵹeond prep., also ᵹeondan (cf. beyond), corresp. to MLG. gint, genten, jint there, LG. gunt, gunten, early Flem. ghins, Du. ginds, Goth. jaind: see yon a.]
A. prep.
† 1. Through, throughout, over, across. Obs.
| c 888 ælfred Boeth. xviii. §2 Þæt ᵹe woldon eowerne naman tobrædan ᵹeond ealle eorþan. a 1000 Gloria 2 (Gr.) Sy þe wuldor & lof wide ᵹeopenod ᵹeond ealle þeoda. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xii. 43 He gæð ᵹeond driᵹe stowa secende reste. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1048 & com þa Eustatius fram ᵹeondan sæ sona æfter þam biscop. c 1205 Lay. 28 Laȝamon gon liðen wide ȝond þas leode. Ibid. 423 Wide ȝend [c 1275 ȝeont] þane londe. 13.. K. Horn (Harl. MS.) 1078 He sende þo by sonde, ȝend al is londe, after knyhtes to fyhte. c 1320 Cast. Love 1448 He..sette tweyne and tweyne to gon Ȝond al þe world to prechen vchon. c 1325 Chron. Eng. 809 in Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 304 He wes..Cleped yent this lond wide Edmound Irneneside. |
2. On (or to) the farther side of, beyond. In later use poet., or Sc. (chiefly in form yont); often written with apostrophe as if aphetic f. beyond or ayont.
| 1388 Wyclif Ezra iv. 16 Thou schalt not haue possessioun biȝende [v.r. ȝendis] the flood [Vulg. trans fluvium]. |
| 1567 Drant Horace, Ep. i. xi. E ij, If those chaunge weather, not their wit, which yont the sea do run. 1579 Hake Newes out of Powles (1872) E iij b, Thou God of grace,..yond whome we can not roaue Or raunge aright. 1720 Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 169 'Yond Seas I saw the Upstarts drifting. 1725 ― Gentle Sheph. iii. ii, A' that's done In ilka place beneath, or yont the moon. c 1730 ― Eclipse iv, Imprudent men..Rax yont their reach. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 58 The silent night..sinks 'yond the western main. 1866 ‘Sarah Tytler’ Days of Yore iv. iv, She would have a hoard to fill Elspa's drawer ‘yont the coast’. a 1870 Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) II. 317 Desperate deeds ‘Yond ocean [they] had been doomed to dare. |
B. adv.
1. = yonder adv. 1.
| c 1300 St. Brandan 1 Seint Brendan the holi man was ȝund of Irlande. a 1327 in Rel. Ant. I. 123 Ȝent ryd Maximon. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 241 The fairnesse of that lady þat I see Yond in the gardyn romen to and fro. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 263 Ihesus as a gyaunt with a gyn comeþ ȝonde [v.rr. ȝont, ȝeonde, ȝende, ȝender]. c 1475 Partenay 5827 Be-hold yande that hiduous montain. a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. ii. (Arb.) 10 Who commeth forth yond from my swete hearte Custance? a 1592 Greene Jas. IV, ii. ii, Yond comes the messenger of weale or woe. 1610 Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 409 Say what thou see'st yond. 1639 Cokaine Masque Poems (1669) 124 Sweet youth! yon'd is your Father, kiss his hand. 1815 Scott Guy M. iii, Sit down yont there at the door. 1898 Hardy Wessex Poems 204 Young Tim away yond..Through brimble and underwood tears. |
b. = yonder adv. 1 b.
| c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 36 Sittaþ her oþ þæt ic gange ᵹeond [Lindisf. ðider; Ags. Gosp. & Hatton hiderᵹeond]. c 1350 Will. Palerne 263 Goþ yond to a gret lord þat gayly is tyred. c 1375 Cursor M. 3065 (Fairf.) Lede him ȝonde. |
c. † here and yond, here and there (obs.); hither and yond (now Sc.), hither and thither. Cf. yon adv. b, yonder adv. 1 c.
| c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. [xii.] (1890) 428 Ða ahof ic mine eaᵹan upp & locade hider & ᵹeond. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3851 Her and ȝund ðor he biried lin. 1831 Campbell Lines on View from St. Leonards 83 Moored as they cast the shadows of their masts In long array, or hither flit and yond Mysteriously. |
2. At or to a distance; (far or farther) away. far yond, in an extremely bad state, ‘far gone’. In later use Sc.
| 13.. K. Horn (Harl. MS.) 1261 Ich eode mony a myle, wel fer ȝent by weste [Camb. MS. Wel feor bi ȝonde weste]. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 9 Nor frawart Saturn..Durst langar..appeir, Bot stall abak ȝond in his regioun far Behynd the circulat warld of Jupiter. a 1665 W. Guthrie Serm. (1709) 24 (Jam.) When he that reproves in the gate makes himself a prey, then they are far yond, when they refuse to return. 1721 Ramsay Prosp. Plenty 19 Sweet prolifick Plains..Stand yont; for Amphitrite claims our Sang. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxx, I'll be getting a wee yont amang the bents, so that I can see what way James goes. |