Gund
/ɡʌnd/noun
An archaic English word for pus, bodily matter, or a festering discharge.
Did you know?In Old English medical vocabulary, gund described pus or infected matter, reflecting how early English often named bodily conditions with blunt, tactile imagery.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gundō
“Pus, matter, or festering discharge”
Old English
Old English
gund
“Pus or material issuing from a wound”
Middle English
Middle English
gund
“Pus, matter, or corrupt bodily fluid”
14th–15th Century
English
gound
“A discharge or inflammation affecting the eye; also pus”
Modern English
English
gund
“An obsolete or dialectal term for pus or offensive matter”