ǫfunda

See also: öfunda

Old Norse

Etymology

From the noun ǫfund (“envy”).

Verb

ǫfunda

  1. to envy, to bear a grudge against (someone) [intransitive or with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of ǫfunda — active (weak class 2)
infinitive ǫfunda
present participle ǫfundandi
past participle ǫfundaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ǫfunda ǫfundaða ǫfunda ǫfundaða
2nd person singular ǫfundar ǫfundaðir ǫfundir ǫfundaðir
3rd person singular ǫfundar ǫfundaði ǫfundi ǫfundaði
1st person plural ǫfundum ǫfunduðum ǫfundim ǫfundaðim
2nd person plural ǫfundið ǫfunduðuð ǫfundið ǫfundaðið
3rd person plural ǫfunda ǫfunduðu ǫfundi ǫfundaði
imperative present
2nd person singular ǫfunda
1st person plural ǫfundum
2nd person plural ǫfundið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: öfunda
  • Faroese: øvunda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avunda, ovunda
  • Old Swedish: afundas (from the passive)
    • Swedish: avundas
  • Old Danish: awendæs (from the passive)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “öfunda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 527; also available at the Internet Archive
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