windan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *windaną. Cognate with Old Frisian winda (West Frisian wine), Old Saxon windan (Low German winden), Dutch winden, Old High German wintan (German winden), Old Norse vinda (Danish vinde, Swedish vinda), Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*windan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɑn/

Verb

windan

1. to twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,
     ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.

     His path of exile not at all hold twisted gold,
     the cold spirit, not at all earth's glory.

Conjugation

Conjugation of windan (strong, class III)

infinitive	windan	windenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	winde	wand
second person singular	winst, wintst	wunde
third person singular	wint	wand
plural	windaþ	wundon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	winde	wunde
plural	winden	wunden
imperative
singular	wind
plural	windaþ
participle	present	past
	windende	(ġe)wunden

Derived terms

• ætwindan
• bewindan
• ġewindan
• unwindan

Related terms

• wendan

Descendants

• Middle English: wynden
  • English: wind
  • Scots: wind, wund, win, wun

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare Old English windan, ƿindan, Old Frisian winda, Old High German wintan, Old Norse vinda, Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*windan).

Verb

windan

1. to wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of windan (strong class 3)

infinitive	windan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	windu	wand
2nd person singular	windis	wundi
3rd person singular	windid	wand
plural	windad	wundun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	winde	wundi
2nd person singular	windes	wundis
3rd person singular	winde	wundi
plural	winden	wundin
imperative	present
singular	wind
plural	windad
participle	present	past
	windandi	giwundan, wundan

Descendants

• Low German: winnen