Obs. Forms: 3 sunde, 4–5 sound(e, 5 sonde. [f. sund SOUND a. Cf. MLG. sunt (also gesunt, G. gesund), MSw. sund.] Health or soundness; safety or security. In prep. phr. in or on, mid or with sound.
c. 1205. Lay., 4967. He ferde mid sunde in to þisse londe. Ibid., 19703. Lauerd, beo þu on sunde.
c. 1325. Lai le Freine, 51. Is his leuedi deliuerd with sounde?
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2489. Þus he commes to þe court, knyȝt al in sounde.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 546. [To] put you in plite your purpos to wyn, In sound for to saile home & your sute all.
