fundr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • fyndr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fundiz.

Noun

fundr m

  1. finding, discovery
  2. meeting
  3. fight, battle

Declension

Declension of fundr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fundr fundrinn fundir fundirnir
accusative fund fundinn fundi fundina
dative fund fundinum fundum fundunum
genitive fundar fundarins funda fundanna

Derived terms

  • biskupafundr m (“synod of bishops”)
  • brúarfundr m (“the battle of the Bridge”)
  • fagnafundr m (“joyful meeting”)
  • fagnaðarfundr m (“joyful meeting”)
  • friðarfundr m (“peaceful meeting”)
  • gamansfundr m (“merrymaking”)
  • gildisfundr m (“guild-meeting”)
  • heraðsfundr m (“district meeting”)
  • hǫfðingjafundr m (“meeting of chiefs”)
  • jafnaðarfundr m (“a meeting on equal terms”)
  • konungsfundr m (“audience given by a king”)
  • landafundr m (“discovery of new lands”)
  • launfundr m (“a secret meeting”)
  • lǫgfundr m (“lawful meeting”)
  • manndrápafundr m (“meeting”)
  • samfundr m (“meeting, interview”)
  • sáttarfundr m (“peace-meeting”)
  • sættarfundr m (“peace-meeting”)
  • vinafundr m (“meeting of friends”)
  • ástarfundr m (“affectionate meeting”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fundur
  • Faroese: fundur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: funn
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: funn
  • Old Swedish: funder m, fund f or n
  • Old Danish: fynd
    • Danish: fund c or n (common gender now obsolete)

Further reading

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