Lund
/lʌnd/noun
A grove or small wooded area, chiefly in Scots and dialectal English.
Did you know?The word survives most visibly in Scandinavian place-names such as Lund, Sweden, whose name means “grove” and may preserve memories of sacred woodland sites.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*lundō
“A grove or wooded place; reconstructed Germanic ancestor.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
lundr
“A grove or small forest, sometimes associated with a sacred woodland.”
Old Danish
Old Danish
lund
“A grove or wooded area.”
Medieval Scots
Scots
lund
“A grove or clump of trees.”
Modern English
English
lund
“A chiefly Scots or dialectal word for a grove; also preserved in names.”