mund

noun

ˈmənd

plural -s

1

early English law : right of protection or guardianship (as over the person and property of a wife, a widow, an orphan, or the members of one's household or dependents)

2

: grith sense 1b

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, protection, hand

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