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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1837-1838

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KUND, v. To taste with relish, to stomach.Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 175:
In regard to any food or beverage, for which one feels no desire, but rather disgust, it is said, "I cudna kund it".

[From Cun, v.2 Cund, orig. the pa.p. after the aux. have (absorbed into cudna = cud na ha, see Hae, v.1, B. 3.), has been misconstrued as a pres.]

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