Strond

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Noun.

Strand; beach.

[Obs.]

Shak.

STROND

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Noun.

The beach. [Not much used. See Strand.]

See also: strönd and strǫnd

strond ‎(plural stronds)

(obsolete) A beach; a strand.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act I
  So looks the strond whereon the imperious flood / Hath left a witness'd usurpation.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I
  Her sunny locks / Hang on her temples like a golden fleece; / Which makes her seat of Belmont, Colchos' strond.

From Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- ‎(“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‎(“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with Lithuanian trénta ‎(“place, region, direction”).

strond f (genitive singular strandar, plural strendur)