pund

pund
   the Scandinavian pound, now reinterpreted as a metric unit equal to 500 grams (1.1023 pounds), like the German pfund. The traditional Swedish (Stockholm) pund was equal to about 425.1 grams (14.995 ounces).

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  • pund- — *pund germ., Substantiv: nhd. Pfund, Gewicht ( Neutrum) (1)?; ne. pound (Neutrum), weight; Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., afries., as., ahd.; Interferenz …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • pund — sb., et, pund, ene (en vægtenhed; en møntenhed) …   Dansk ordbog

  • pund — s.m. şi n. v. pfund. Trimis de gall, 02.09.2008. Sursa: DLRM …   Dicționar Român

  • Pund — Recorded in at least four spelling forms Pound, Pounder, Pounds, Pund, and possibly an overlap with the surname Pond or Ponde, this is an English medieval surname. It may be locational and as such describes a person who lived by a pound, or came… …   Surnames reference

  • pund — lis·pund; pund; …   English syllables

  • pund — s ( et, pund) MÅTT/VALUTA viktenhet, mynt i bl.a. Storbritannien …   Clue 9 Svensk Ordbok

  • pund — n ( es/ ) a pound (in weight or in money); 1. as a weight without reference to money, weight; 2. as a money denomination, (a) of English money, a pound, 240 pence; 3. as a measure of liquid, pint [L pondo] …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • pund — [akin to Eng pound] : pound …   Gothic dictionary with etymologies

  • puṇḍ — पुण्ड् …   Indonesian dictionary

  • pund — ˈpu̇n(d) dialect variant of pound …   Useful english dictionary

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