onfindan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of onfindan

Infinitive

onfindan
onfindenne

Participles

Presentonfindende
Pastonfunden

Indicative

Present

1st sing.onfinde
2nd sing.onfinst; onfintst
3rd sing.onfint
1st plur.onfindaþ
2nd plur.onfindaþ
3rd plur.onfindaþ

Past

1st sing.onfand
2nd sing.onfunde
3rd sing.onfand
1st plur.onfundon
2nd plur.onfundon
3rd plur.onfundon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.onfinde
2nd sing.onfinde
3rd sing.onfinde
1st plur.onfinden
2nd plur.onfinden
3rd plur.onfinden

Past

1st sing.onfunde
2nd sing.onfunde
3rd sing.onfunde
1st plur.onfunden
2nd plur.onfunden
3rd plur.onfunden

Imperative

Singularonfind
Pluralonfindaþ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andifindan. Cognate with Old Saxon andfindan and Old High German intfindan. Equivalent to on- + findan. See: Old High German 'intfindan'.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  • Þā Seneca þā onfunde þæt hē dēad bēon sċolde, þā bēad hē ealle his ǣhte wiþ his fēore. (When Seneca found out he was going to die, he offered all his possessions in exchange for his life.)

Cognates

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