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Old English · verb

fundian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈfun.di.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈfun · di · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
endeavourfoundattempt

Meaning

  1. to set out, depart, direct one's course to

  2. to hurry towards, be eager for

    Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað.

    His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  3. to endeavour to, strive to attain, attempt, try

Conjugation

Conjugation of fundian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fundiġefundode
2nd singular fundastfundodest
3rd singular fundaþfundode
Plural fundiaþfundodon
Subjunctive
Singular fundiġefundode
Plural fundiġenfundoden
Non-finite forms of fundian
Form
Infinitive fundian
Inflected infinitive fundienne
Imperative singular funda
Imperative plural fundiaþ
Present participle fundiende
Past participle fundodġefundod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fundōn.

Descendants

found

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