Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, same as undé.
  • To breathe.
  • noun Hatred; envy; malice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Hatred; fury; envy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete Envy; hatred; malice.
  • noun Northern England, Scotland Breath.
  • verb intransitive To breathe; breathe on.

Etymologies

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From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda ("zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred"), from Proto-Germanic *andô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ane- (“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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From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda ("to breathe").

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