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fundian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fundian, ic fundige; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To endeavour to find, tend to, aspire to, strive, go forward, hasten, intend, desire; nīti, tendĕre, intendĕre, propĕrāre
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  • Ic wylle fundian sylf to ðam síþe

    I will hasten myself to the journey,

    • Exon. 119 a
    • ;
    • Th. 456, 24
    • ;
    • Hy. 4, 71: 89 b
    • ;
    • Th. 336, 21
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 52.
  • Fundigende of ðissere worulde

    hastening from this world,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 360, 2.
  • Ic fundige to ðé

    I hasten to thee,

    • Exon. 118 b
    • ;
    • Th. 454, 28
    • ;
    • Hy. 4, 40.
  • Hwider fundast ðú

    whither art thou hastening?

    • Cd. 103
    • ;
    • Th. 137, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 2269.
  • He fundaþ to ðæm weorþscipe ðæs folgoþes

    he aspires to the honour of rule,

    • Past. 8, 2
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 12 b, 25: 11, 3
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 15 a, 9.
  • Hí to ðé hionan fundiaþ

    they tend hence to thee,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 132, 25, 38.
  • Gif twegen men fundiaþ to ánre stowe

    if two men are going to the same place,

    • 36, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 178, 10: Past. 18, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 25 b, 6.
  • Nú ðú móst feran ðider ðú fundadest

    now thou mayest go whither thou desiredst,

    • Exon. 32 b
    • ;
    • Th. 102, 12
    • ;
    • Cri. 1671.
  • Fundode wrecca of geardum

    the stranger hastened from the dwellings,

    • Beo. Th. 2279
    • ;
    • B. 1137.
  • Hwæðer ðú nú ongite forhwý ðæt fýr fundige up

    dost thou understand why fire tends upwards?

    • Bt. 34, 11
    • ;
    • Fox 150, 19.
  • Frióra ǽghwilc fundie to ðæm écum góde

    let every one of the free aspire to the eternal good,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 21, 4
    • ;
    • Met. 21, 2.
  • Swá hie fundedon

    as they desired,

    • Cd. 115
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    • Th. 150, 17
    • ;
    • Gen. 2493: Exon. 1063
    • ;
    • Th. 404, 11
    • ;
    • Rä. 23, 6.
Etymology
[
Laym. fondien to seek, try
;
O. Sax. fundón to strive
:
O. H. Ger. fundjan, fundén subīre.
]
Derived forms
tofundian
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