Onde

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.

Alternative forms

• ande, aind, aynd, and, aand

Full definition of onde

Noun

1. (obsolete) Envy; hatred; malice.Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose.
2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Breath.

Derived terms

• in ande
• out of ande

Synonyms

• envy, hatred
• breath

From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda ("to breathe").

Alternative forms

• ande, aind, eand

Verb

1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To breathe; breathe on.

Derived terms

• onding