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fundian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§536;
Dele tó-fundian at end, and add:
of movement.
of persons, to go with the object of reaching a person or
place, direct one's course to
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  • Suá mon oft lett fundigendne monnan and his færelt gǽlð

    velut iter tendentis impediant,

      Past. 257, 6.

  • Geseah hé sume sáwle út fundigende of hyre líchaman,

      Wlfst. 140, 10.
  • (1 a) where the goal is marked by a preposition or adverb

    Sáwul fundaþ of lícfate tó þám longan gefeán,

      Gú. 1062: 1238.

  • Sé þe-on lagu fundað

    he that will go to sea,

      Seef. 47.

  • Hí woldon cuman tó sumere þára stówa ðe hí ðonne tó fundiaþ,

      Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 10.

  • Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó,

      Hml. S. 26, 224.
  • (1 b) with infin. giving purpose

    Wé fundiaþ Higelác sécan,

      B. 1819.
  • (1 c) where (1 a) and (1 b) are combined

    Hé hider fundaþ on þysne middangeard mancyn sécan,

      Kr. 103.
  • (1 d) with the idea of hostility

    Ꝥ Cnut fundade hiderward and wolde gewinnan þis land,

      Chr. 1085; P. 215, 30.

  • Þurh þone eorl þe mid unfriðe hider tó lande fundode,

      1101; P. 237, 4.

  • Gegaderade Phtolomeus micle fird ongeán him þá hwíle þe hié tógædere*-*weard fundedon . . .,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 5.

  • Tó áwirigenne þæt folc þe fundode wið his

    maledic populo huic sedenti contra me,

      Num. 22, 6.
of things,
to move so as to reach a point
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  • Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit uppað and fundað wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from cóm

    illud repetit, unde descendit,

      Past. 277, 7.
  • (2 a) of that which injures. Cf. (1 d)

    Cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode,

      Cht. E. 230, 1.

  • Swá benne ne burston ne fundian (

    not strike inwards?

    ),
      Lch. ii. 352, 1.
of action, purpose,
to strive to attain an end or object.
the end marked by a preposition or adverb
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  • Twá ðing sindon þe ǽlces monnes ingeþanc tó fundaþ, ꝥ is willa and anweald,

      Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 6.

  • Þinga gehwilc þiderweard fundað,

      Met. 13, 14.

  • Hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne . . . ðider fundian,

      Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 2.
  • (1 a) with reflex. dat.

    Fundige hé him tó lissa blisse,

      Sch. 100.
with infin.
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  • Monige . . . witan fundiað, hwylc . . .,

      Mód. 16.
with gerund
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  • Hié fundiað tó bigietenne, and beóð suíðe gedréfede

    cogitationis turbidae aestibus anhelant,

      Past. 127, 20.

  • Blódig regn and fýren fundiaþ þás eorþan tó forswylgenne,

      Bl. H. 93, 3.

  • Sé ðe fundige wíslíce tó sprecanne

    cum fortasse sapiens videri desiderat,

      Past. 93, 24.

  • Gif mon fundige wið his feónd tó gefeohtanne,

      Lch. ii. 154, 5.
with a clause
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  • Þá fundiaþ ꝥ hié willon genimon myccle herehýþ,

      Bl. H. 95, 1.
in the following passages fundian is used as the equivalent of fandian. [In M. E. found is used with the meaning as well of fandian as of fundian. v. N. E. D. found]
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  • Mid orþance þissesðinges fundian (fandian, fondian,

    v. ll.

    ),
      Lch. i. 100, 7.

  • Wé sculon be þæs andgites mǽðe fandian (fundigan,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bt. 42; S. 147, 15.

  • Fancian (fundian

    with a over the u, v. l. )

    þára þióstra,
      36, 3; S. 105, 25.
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v. ge-fundian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fundian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46653.

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