prep. Obs. or dial. Also 3–4 anundyr, anonder, -yr. [f. AN prep. + UNDER; formed in the same way as a-bove, a-round, a-fore, etc. with the full an- before a vowel. Not in OE.]
1. Of local position: Under.
a. 1300. K. Horn, 567. Þer nis non betere anonder sunne.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., A. 166. So schon þat schene anvnder schore.
a. 1400. Octouian, 549. Fette water as hem was nede The roche anondyr. [Still used in northern dialect.]
2. Of condition: Under the rule of.
c. 1220. Orison, in Lamb. Hom., 193. Al is Godes riche anunder þine honden.
c. 1300. St. Brand., 1. A thousend monekes that alle anunder him were.
