dofoirndea

Old Irish

Etymology

A denominal derivation from to- +‎ fo- +‎ rind (“point”).

Verb

do·foirndea (prototonic ·tóirndea, verbal noun tórand)

  1. to express, represent, signify
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 65c16
      Is bes leusom torand hi tempul delbae inna rig ⁊ du·fornditer dano a ngnimae inna rig-sin tri delba ban ⁊ suidigter im delba inna rig isin torund im·biat.
      It is a custom with them to represent in a temple the figure of the kings, and moreover the deeds of those kings are represented by figures of women, and they are placed around the figures of the kings in the representation in which they are.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59b18
      Is lán di neuch thórṅther tresin n-aimmnigud-sin.
      It is full of whatever is denoted by that appellation.
    • c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 11c3
      du·fornditer ― glosses Latin exprimuntur
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 55
      Is he candadas inna ndegnimae són [...] do·foirndither trisin mbrat find.
      It is the whiteness of the good works itself... that is represented by the white cloak.

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·foirde, do·foirnde, do·foirdea, do·foirndea do·foirṅdet du·foirndither du·fornditer
prot. ·tóirndea ·tóirndet ·thórṅther (leniting relative, contracted deuterotonic)
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. to·roran
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut. do·ḟoirṅded
prot.
imperative
verbal noun tórand
past participle toirndide
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of do·foirndea
radical lenition nasalization
do·foirndea do·ḟoirndea do·foirndea
pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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