yond preposition & adverb.
[jɒnd] Also (
Scot.) yont
[jɒnt].
[Old English ġeond(an) preposition, corresp. to Middle Low German gent(en), jint, Low German gunt(en), early Flemish ghins (Dutch ginds), Gothic jaind: cf. BEYOND.]A. preposition.
1. Through, throughout, over, across.
OE-ME.2. On or to the further side of, beyond. Chiefly
poet. &
Scot. LME.b. adverb.
1. a. =
YONDER adverb 2.
obsolete exc.
dial. OE.b. =
YONDER adverb 1.
obsolete exc.
dial. ME.2. At or to a distance; (far or further) away. Long
obsolete exc.
Scot. ME. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲