Old English · verb

windan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈwin.dɑn/
Syllables: ˈwin · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: wind curl eddy spiral circle twist

Meaning

to twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy

ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.

His path of exile not at all hold twisted gold, the cold spirit, not at all earth's glory.
Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,

Conjugation

Conjugation of windan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	winde	wand
2nd singular	winst wintst	wunde
3rd singular	wint	wand
Plural	windaþ	wundon
Subjunctive
Singular	winde	wunde
Plural	winden	wunden

Non-finite forms of windan
	Form
Infinitive	windan
Inflected infinitive	windenne
Imperative singular	wind
Imperative plural	windaþ
Present participle	windende
Past participle	wunden ġewunden

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *windaną. Cognate with Old Frisian winda (West Frisian wine), Old Saxon windan (Low German winden), Dutch winden, Old High German wintan (German winden), Old Norse vinda (Danish vinde, Swedish vinda), Gothic * (*windan).

Descendants

wind

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