FromMiddle Englishyond, fromOld Englishġeond.
yond (notcomparable)
- (obsolete)further; moredistant
- (obsolete)yonder
c.1608–1609 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene iv]:See youyond coign o' the Capitol, yond corner-stone?
c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals), lines46-48:Last night of all,
Whenyond same star that’s westward from the pole
Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven.
yond (notcomparable)
- (obsolete)yonder
1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:The fringed curtains of thine eye advance,
And say what thou seestyond.
FromMiddle Englishonde(“malice, ill-will”), fromOld Englishonda,anda(“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).
yond
- (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
