The yon series of words in English always carry the suggestion that an object is some distance away but visible. Yond and yonder are used both as an adverb of place and as a demonstrative word before a noun (a determiner); yon has only determiner function. The senses are ‘over there’ or ‘in that place’ (for the adverb) and ‘that [one] over there’ (for the determiner).
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| Item |
Location |
Example |
Gloss |
| yon (det.) |
Ham I.i.168 |
yon high eastward hill |
that (one) over there |
| yond (adv.) |
Tem I.ii.410 |
say what thou seest yond |
there |
| yond (det.) |
1H6 II.i.33 |
I’ll to yond corner |
that (one) over there |
| yonder (adv.) |
AYL I.i.24 |
Yonder comes my master |
in that place, over there |
| yonder (det.) |
MND III.ii.61 |
yonder Venus in her glimmering sphere |
that (one) over there |
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