English Explanatory Dictionary

undern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
  2. Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).
  3. Synonym of afternoon.
  4. Synonym of evening.
  5. A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.

Word forms

undern underne undirn

Etymology

From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.

Synonyms

sext terce noon meridian afternoon arvo evening eventide snack

Derived words

andersmeat half undern high undern undermeal undern-bell undern-song underntide undern-time undertide whole undern
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