Sun"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in
āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor
asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without,
G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG.
suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan.
sönder, Goth. sundrō alone, separately.]
To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or
breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to
sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to
sunder friends.
It is sundered from the main land by a sandy
plain.
Carew.Sun"der, v. i. To part; to
separate. [R.] Shak.
Sun"der, n. [See Sunder,
v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation
into parts; a division or severance.
In sunder, into parts. "He breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder." Ps. xlvi. 9.
Sun"der, v. t. To expose to the sun
and wind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.