morfounden

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle French morfondre (“to chill, to cool”), from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”) + Middle French fondre (“to melt”), where the first part comes from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere.

Verb

morfounden

1. (Late Middle English) to suffer from coldness or catarrh.

Conjugation

Conjugation of morfounden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) morfounden, morfounde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	morfounde	morfounded
2nd-person singular	morfoundest	morfoundedest
3rd-person singular	morfoundeth	morfounded
subjunctive singular	morfounde
imperative singular		—
plural1	morfounden, morfounde	morfoundeden, morfoundede
imperative plural	morfoundeth, morfounde	—
participles	morfoundynge, morfoundende	morfounded, ymorfounded

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

Descendants

• English: morfound

References

• “morfǒunden, v..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.