tinder

Etymology

From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German zünden (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.

noun

  1. Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

verb

  1. (transitive) To set fire to; torch.

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