gound

Meaning

1. Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
2. Gummy matter in sore eyes.

Translations

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡaʊnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gounde

Inherited from Old English: gund

Cognate with Old High German: gunt

Cognate with Norwegian: gund

In summary

From Middle English gounde, gownde, from Old English gund (“matter, pus, poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *gund, from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- (“ulcer, sore, abscess, boil”). Cognate with Old High German gunt (“purulent matter”), dialectal Norwegian gund (“the scab of an ulcer”).