eend

• IPA^(key): /iːnd/

eend (plural eends)

1. (Early Modern, rare) Alternative form of end.
   • 1582, “The Third Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 53:

     Too the eend in thy trauail thow maiſt the moꝛe heedly be leſſon'd, / And paſſe to Italian region, thus ſhoꝛtly reherſing / Peece meale pꝛettie parings: foꝛ too tell a ſummarie total,

2. (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of end.
   • [1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:

     He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end.]

   • 1785, Tim Bobbin [pseudonym; John Collier], The Lancaſhire Dialect: Containing the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancaſhire Clown […] ‎^[1], London: [the Booksellers in Town and Country], →OCLC, page 18:

     […] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.

   • 1900, Ed[ward] Mott, “A Plague of Egypt”, in The Black Homer of Jimtown‎^[2], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 45:

     One eend dat chain it bean in de jack feesh's gullet, an' t'udduh eend dat chain it bean in the frog's gullet.

eend (third-person singular simple present eends, present participle eending, simple past and past participle eended)

1. (Early Modern, rare) Alternative form of end
   • 1582, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 6:

     O deere companions (foꝛ we erſt haue taſted of hardnes) / Bꝛawn'd with wooꝛſe vẽturs, thee mighty God alſo shal eend this.

From Dutch eend, from Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

• IPA^(key): /ɪə̯nt/

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eend (plural eende, diminutive eendjie)

1. duck

From Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with German Ente.

The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with German Ente. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /eːnt/, (Northern Dutch) [ei̯nt], (Southern Dutch) [eːnt]

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• Hyphenation: eend
• Rhymes: -eːnt

eend f (plural eenden, diminutive eendje n)

1. A duck, waterfowl of the family Anatidae excluding the subfamily Anserinae; in non-scientific usage the term may be reserved for only the smaller (not goose-like) members of the Anatidae or reserved for females only.

   Synonyms: doks, drijfsijs

   Coordinate term: woerd

2. (informal) A Citroën 2CV car.

   Synonym: lelijke eend

• anas unox

• Afrikaans: eend
• Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)

• Deen

eend f (plural eenda)

1. (Brazilian Pomeranian) alternative form of Aant (“duck”)

• aabel

eend

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of ende (“end”)