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stund

Pronunciation: /stund/

“stund” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. time, while
  2. a period of time, an hour

adverb

  1. at once, forthwith, immediately

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”). Cognate with Old Saxon stunda (Dutch stonde), Old High German stunta (German Stunde), Old Norse stund (Swedish stund).

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