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单词 yonder
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yonderadv.adj.pron.n.

Brit. /ˈjɒndə/, U.S. /ˈjɑndər/
Forms: α. Middle English (1500s Scottish) ȝonder, -ir, (Middle English ȝionder, ȝundir, yunder, Middle English ȝondur, -yr, yondur), Middle English–1500s yondre, (1500s ȝondar, Scottish ȝounder, 1600s younder), Middle English– yonder; Middle English yonþer, 1500s–1600s yonther; 1500s, 1800s dialect yander. β. Middle English ȝender, Middle English -ir, -yr, yendre, yeinder, Middle English–1500s yender, 1600s dialect yeander, 1800s dialect yinder.
Etymology: Middle English ȝonder , ȝender , corresponding to Old Saxon gendra adjective, on this side, Middle Low German ginder , gender , Low German gunter , Dutch, West Frisian ginder , Gothic jaindrê (compare hidrê hither adv.): see yon adj.
Now only literary and somewhat archaic, or dialect.
A. adv.
1.
a. At or in that place; there; usually implying that the object spoken of is at some distance but within sight: Over there, away there.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > on the more distant side or beyond > that is yonder
yondera1300
yondc1300
yona1500
thondera1825
α.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2717 Þan asked þai quare was sarra. Abraham said, ‘yonder wit-in’.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 402 Sum men seien þat he is ȝundir at Rome.
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 920 Whos is that faire child that stondeth yonder?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19899 Lo! gionder þre Men..er sende to seke þe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 14976 Þe stede es yonþer, lo!
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3148Yonder vp,’ he said, ‘on yon fell Sal þou bren þi sun for me’.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxii. 43/1 I wyll nat departe hens tyll I se what company is yander within the castell.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. i. 149 See who yonder is.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. C2v I left the merry Griggs..in such a Hoigh younder!
1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iv. 63 Mark her behaviour too, she's tippling yonder with the serving-men.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 118 But as I live, yonder comes Moses.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 265 ‘The limes’, he assured us, ‘were from his own little farm yonder-awa’ (indicating the West Indies with a knowing shrug of his shoulders).
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash x You sits yander fit to bust: but..ye never offers me none on't.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. i. 26 To the white cottage yonder on the lower ground across the meadows.
β. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 138 Þis man is Jesus þat stondiþ ȝendre on þe banke.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1617 Þaȝ þe mater be merk þat merked is ȝender.c1450 J. Lydgate Life Our Lady lii. (Ashm. 39) Loke vp yender & se the sercle of golde.c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1438 Yender is þe lond of satyllye.1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 55 Yeander, Yonder, Var. Dial.a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Yinder, adv. yonder.
b. To that place; thither.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction
thitherwardsc888
thitherwardc893
thitherc897
therea900
yondc975
theretoc1000
theretowarda1225
yonderc1300
thereuntilla1400
thitherways1630
thitherto1662
thataway1839
thereward1922
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 922 Go þu yunder, and sit þore.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3065 Lede him ȝender [Vesp. yonder].
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iv. 127 Lady, I goo yonder wythout.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxii. A As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.
c. here and yonder, hither and yonder: cf. yon adv. b, yond adv. 1c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scattered [phrase] > here and there
here and yonda1325
here and therea1375
up and downc1374
here and yonder1412
to and fro1617
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4291 As he rod among hem here & ȝonder.
c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1346 Now have þe dysypylles take þer passage to dyvers contreys her and ȝondyr.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 221/2 Gangs of street paviors were seen and heard here, there, and yonder.
2. Farther. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance
furthermorec1175
overmorec1175
farc1200
fartherc1330
farthermorec1380
yondera1387
furtherc1400
lengerc1425
furtherlya1513
yondermair1513
yonderward1513
furtherfortha1542
still1602
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 33 Som men wolde mene þat Loegria endeþ at Homber, and streccheþ no ȝonder [Caxton ferther] northward.
B. adj.
1. With the.
a. Farther, more distant, ‘other’: = yon adj. 2, yond adj.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > more distant > more distant side or part
yondc1175
yondera1387
farc1400
the yon1700
ulterior1721
thondera1825
thither1830
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 173 Þere is anoþer Pannonia be ȝonde þe wateres Meotides in þe ȝonder Scythia.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 299 Þe hyder bygynneþ from þe pleynes and valeys of Pireneies... Þe ȝonder Spayne conteyneþ þe west partye anoon to þe see Gaditanus.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2440 Syn ȝe be lorde of þe ȝonder londe.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 345 The seyd brother schal se that ther be a lectron set in the ȝendyr corner of the ambytus for redyng of the gosbel towarde the este.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 166 Vncallit, on the ȝondir bray wald thow be.
1609 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 51/2 Terras de Bruntskeath,..Over et Nethir Lagane,..Hither and Yonther Barscheuallis.
1899 M. C. Fraser Diplomatist's Wife Japan II. xxxv. 313 His dead name, the one by which his shadowy companions call him in the yonder world.
1909 G. Meredith Years had worn their Seasons' Belt ix O she was fair as a beech in May With the sun on the yonder side.
1910 Dublin Rev. Jan. 64 Something on the yonder side of imagery.
b. = A. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > more distant > that is yonder
yonc897
yeender12..
yondc1330
yonderc1374
yondera1413
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1188 Nece who hath arayed þus The yonder hous þat stant a-forn yeyn vs?
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 930 Olyuer my felaw ys take! y-seeþ þat ȝonder company how þay him ledeþ away.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1251 Towarde þe eest ende of þe ȝondur [Vesp., Fair. 14 þis, Gött. þe] vale.
c1400 Rom. Rose 4018 The yonder man to shenden vs alle.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4727 Toward the ost of the yendre kinges Ne made I neuer louely lookinges.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2853 in Poems (1981) 106 That thow wald gyde me to ȝone ȝonder land.
2. That is yonder; usually, and in later literary use always, implying that the thing spoken of is at some distance but within sight: cf. yon adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]
sideOE
fara1000
ferrenc1160
lungeteync1330
on dreicha1400
yondera1413
widec1425
roomc1443
lontaignec1450
remote1533
distant1549
remotedc1580
disloigned1596
discoasted1598
dissite1600
far-off1600
aloof1608
longinque1614
distantial1648
Atlantic1790
far-distant1793
far-away1816
far-apart1865
way off1871
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > more distant > that is yonder
yonc897
yeender12..
yondc1330
yonderc1374
yondera1413
α.
a1413 Anturs of Arthur (Taylor) xlix Ȝondur byrnes [Thornton MS. ȝone beryns] in batelle, that bidus on the bent.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 39 Hit wer almes forto ȝeue ȝondyr pore man warmer cloþes þen he haþe.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 70 Yonder company are fooles.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxvii. h iij It shuld be great honour for vs if we might delyuer out of daunger yonther two knyghtes.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8837 We hade hertely no hope..Yonder toun for to take.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 61 Yet you, the murtherer, looke as bright, as cleere, As yonder Venus, in her glimmering spheare. View more context for this quotation
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. vi. §7 This is profitable, That is pleasant, we shall not then say, but yonder other truly good and honest.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 3 Yonder bank hath choice of Sun or shade. View more context for this quotation
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 219 Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Edward Gray in Poems II. 179 Sweet Emma Moreland of yonder town Met me walking on yonder way.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xv. 24 To night the winds began to rise And roar from yonder dropping day. View more context for this quotation
β. c1440 Generydes 2777 On yender towre on highe.?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) iii. 52 Mother, my father after thee sende, And byddes thee into yeinder shippe wende.1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. A*.ii The Hylles..that ioyne to yender towne.1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. v. sig. Aiiiiv Chaue tost and tumbled yender heap our & ouer againe.
3. (with this or that) Qualifying day, night: Lately past, ‘other’. (Cf. ender adj., hinder adj.1 2, and yonders adj.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > just passed > preceding this or the last (day, etc.)
yondera1400
pasta1500
yondersc1525
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4561 Me þouȝte þat þis ȝonder [Vesp. ender] nyȝt I coom in a medewe briȝt.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13559 Art þou not he Þat ȝondir day miȝtes not se?
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1105 I gabbyd on hym thys ȝendyr day.
C. pron. (singular or plural: †also with the: absolute use of B. 1b, A. 2): = yon pron.
Now dialect.
ΚΠ
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4891 Ȝonder ar theues we lelmen wende.
c1430 Chev. Assigne 232 And þe ȝondur is my qwene betryce she hette.
1855 R. Browning Grammarian's Funeral 7 Look out if yonder be not day again Rimming the rock-row!
1880 Sat. Rev. 2 Oct. 423/2 A closely-shaven curate, who was walking down a street clad in his cassock, was once horrified by hearing shouted across the road an inquiry whether ‘yonder was a lad or a lass’.
D. n.
1. (nonce-use.) Something beyond.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > condition of being beyond > that which lies beyond
beyond1591
yonder1888
1888 G. Meredith Hymn to Colour vii His touch is infinite and lends A yonder to all ends.
2. [After quot. 1939.] The far and trackless distance; usually with preceding adjective.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > the distance
farness1571
offscape1711
eloinment1716
far-away1823
far-off1866
yonder1939
1939 R. Crawford Army Air Corps (song) Off we go in to the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun.
1948 N.Y. World Telegram 30 Dec. 11/6 A pilot..took wing into that wonderful yonder on a training flight.
1967 C. Cockburn I, Claud xxxiii. 410 The ex-editor of The Week had suddenly appeared out of the deep green yonder of Ireland.
1974 Times 26 Feb. 12/3 Mr. Wilson's..policy for controlling inflation, which consists of holding down prices by law while letting wages go up, up, up into the wide blue yonder.
1979 ‘D. Kyle’ Green River High viii. 103 My father had vanished into the great green yonder of a million square miles of jungle.
1985 W. Golding Egyptian Jrnl. iv. 57 Minya is a centre for scarpering, for fading away, for disappearing into the blue yonder.

Derivatives

ˈyonderly adj. dialect ‘distant’, reserved, sullen; depressed, gloomy, melancholy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Yonderly, grave, sullen, distant. I have not often heard this word.
1863 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs 28 Thae's looked very yonderly mony a day.
yondermair adv. Scottish Obsolete farther.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance
furthermorec1175
overmorec1175
farc1200
fartherc1330
farthermorec1380
yondera1387
furtherc1400
lengerc1425
furtherlya1513
yondermair1513
yonderward1513
furtherfortha1542
still1602
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xi. 48 Syne ȝonder mayr was schapin in the feild The dansand prestis, clepit Salii.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Yound Sit yontermert,..sit farther off.
yondermest adj. Scottish Obsolete farthest, most distant (cf. yondmost adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > most distant or remotest
utterestc1200
lastc1225
furthestc1374
farthest1377
lattera1382
outmosta1382
outerestc1392
uttermost1398
yondermest1513
farmost1581
hindmost1596
yondmost1608
extremea1616
farthermost1619
furthermost1765
endermost1803
ultimate1848
endmost1879
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xii. 31 The ȝondermaist [v.r. The zoundermest] pepill, clepit Baktranis.
yonderward adv. [compare Dutch ginderwaerts] Obsolete in yonder or the other direction, thither; farther off.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance
furthermorec1175
overmorec1175
farc1200
fartherc1330
farthermorec1380
yondera1387
furtherc1400
lengerc1425
furtherlya1513
yondermair1513
yonderward1513
furtherfortha1542
still1602
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 148 Nou presis this syde, and now ȝonderwart.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xx. 37 The arowe lyeth yonderwarde before the.
yonderway n. Obsolete by that way, in that manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in that way
soc888
suchwisea1400
there-gatesc1440
yongate1489
yonderway1570
s'a1616
that'n1695
thataway1887
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qiiv/1 Yonderway, illac, illo modo.
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