founden

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English

Verb

founden

(obsolete) past participle of find

Middle English

Alternative forms

funden, fonden

Etymology

From Old French fondre, from Latin fundere (“to melt”), from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Verb

founden

(transitive) to mix (ingredients)
(transitive) to melt (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of founden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) founden, founde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	founde	founded
2nd-person singular	foundest	foundedest
3rd-person singular	foundeth	founded
subjunctive singular	founde	founded
imperative singular	founde	—

plural¹	founden, founde	foundeden, foundede
imperative plural	foundeth, founde	—

participles	foundynge, foundende	founded, yfounded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: found

References

“fǒunden, v. (3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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