# pund
## English
### Noun

pund (plural punds)
* Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”)

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʰunˀ]
* Rhymes: -unˀ

### Noun

pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)
* pound (currency)
* (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
* half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

#### Declension
### References

* “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰʊnt/
    Rhymes: -ʊnt

### Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)
* pound (weight or currency)

#### Derived terms

* skálpund n
* lispund n
* skippund n
* tvípund n

## Gothic
### Romanization

pund
* Romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰʏnt/
* Rhymes: -ʏnt

### Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)
* pound (unit of weight / mass)
** a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
** various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
* pound (unit of currency)
* (uncountable) wealth, possessions
* (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

### Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)
* a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
* a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)

### References

* “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

### Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)
* a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
* a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)

### References

* “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pund/

### Noun

pund n
* pound (weight or currency)
** c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
    Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scale"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

#### Descendants

* Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound
** English: pound
    Northumbrian: pund
** → Middle Irish: punt
*** Irish: punt
*** Manx: punt
** Scots: pund, poond
* → Middle Welsh: punt
** Welsh: punt

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pund n
* a pound (unit of mass)
* a pound (currency), capital, resources

#### Related terms

* lispund
* pundare
* skålpund
* skeppund

### Further reading

* pund in Svensk ordbok.
* pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)