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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sundering}.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in [=a]sundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, preposition , without, G. sonder separate, as preposition , without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. s["o]nder, Goth. sundr[=o] 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.
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