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
  • Swedish: fynd 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