ǫfunda

See also: öfunda

Old Norse

Etymology

From the noun ǫfund (“envy”).

Verb

ǫfunda

1. (transitive, intransitive with dative) to envy, to bear a grudge against (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ǫfunda — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	ǫfunda
present participle	ǫfundandi
past participle	ǫfundaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫfunda	ǫfundaða
2nd-person singular	ǫfundar	ǫfundaðir
3rd-person singular	ǫfundar	ǫfundaði
1st-person plural	ǫfundum	ǫfunduðum
2nd-person plural	ǫfundið	ǫfunduðuð
3rd-person plural	ǫfunda	ǫfunduðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫfunda	ǫfundaða
2nd-person singular	ǫfundir	ǫfundaðir
3rd-person singular	ǫfundi	ǫfundaði
1st-person plural	ǫfundim	ǫfundaðim
2nd-person plural	ǫfundið	ǫfundaðið
3rd-person plural	ǫfundi	ǫfundaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ǫfunda
1st-person plural	ǫfundum
2nd-person plural	ǫfundið

Descendants

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

References

• öfunda in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.