# mund

> English word · Noun · IPA /mʊnd/

## Definitions
1. A hand.
2. Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
3. Protection; guardianship.

## Etymology
From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mund