blunda

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See also: blúnda

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From blundur +‎ -a.

Verb

blunda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blundaði, supine blundað)

  1. (intransitive) to doze, to nap
Conjugation
blunda – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur blunda
supine sagnbót blundað
present participle
blundandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég blunda blundaði blundi blundaði
þú blundar blundaðir blundir blundaðir
hann, hún, það blundar blundaði blundi blundaði
plural við blundum blunduðum blundum blunduðum
þið blundið blunduðuð blundið blunduðuð
þeir, þær, þau blunda blunduðu blundi blunduðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú blunda (þú), blundaðu
plural þið blundið (þið), blundiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of blundur (nap, snooze).

Noun

blunda

  1. indefinite genitive plural of blundur

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse blunda with the same meaning.

Verb

blunda (present blundar, preterite blundade, supine blundat, imperative blunda)

  1. to shut one's eyes
  2. to keep one's eyes shut
  3. (figuratively) to refuse to see something; to pretend not to know about

Conjugation

Conjugation of blunda (weak)
active passive
infinitive blunda
supine blundat
imperative blunda
imper. plural1 blunden
present past present past
indicative blundar blundade
ind. plural1 blunda blundade
subjunctive2 blunde blundade
present participle blundande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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