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Webster 1913 Edition
Undern
Un′dern
,Noun.
[AS.
undern
; akin to OS. undorn
, OHG. untarn
, untorn
, Icel. undorn
mid afternoon, mid forenoon, Goth. undaúrnimats
the midday meal. Cf. Undermeal
, Undertime
.] The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o’clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Betwixt
undern
and noon was the field all won. R. of Brunne.
In a bed of worts still he lay
Till it was past
Till it was past
undern
of the day. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Undern
UN'DERN
,Noun.