Category:Undern

Un"dern, n. Etym: [as. undern; akin to os. undorn, ohg. untarn, Untorn, icel. undorn mid afternoon, mid forenoon, goth. undaúrnimats The midday meal. Cf. Undermeal, undertime.]

Defn: 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 undern of the day. Chaucer.