founden

English

Verb

founden

1. (obsolete) past participle of find

Middle English

Alternative forms

• funden, fonden

Etymology

From Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Verb

founden

1. (transitive) to mix (ingredients)
2. (transitive) to melt (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of founden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) founden, founde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	founde	founded
2nd-person singular	foundest	foundedest
3rd-person singular	foundeth	founded
subjunctive singular	founde
imperative singular		—
plural1	founden, founde	foundeden, foundede
imperative plural	foundeth, founde	—
participles	foundynge, foundende	founded, yfounded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: found

References

• “fǒunden, v. (3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.