vinda

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vinda, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

vinda (third person singular past indicative vant, third person plural past indicative vundu, supine vundið)

  1. to wring
  2. to wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinda (group v-45)
infinitive vinda
supine vundið
participle (a26)1 vindandi vundin
present past
first singular vindi vant
second singular vindur vanst
third singular vindur vant
plural vinda vundu
imperative
singular vind!
plural vindið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese viĩda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): participle of the verb vir.

Pronunciation

Participle

vinda f sg

  1. feminine singular of vindo

Noun

vinda f (plural vindas)

  1. arrival
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 729:
      por Deus, o grã prazer que ey de uosa vijnda, nõ mo tornedes en pesar et en doo
      by God, the great pleasure I have because of your arrival, don't turn it into pain and mourning!
  2. coming
  3. return

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinda, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

vinda (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vatt, third-person plural past indicative undu, supine undið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to wind
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to wring
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to twist
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

vinda f (genitive singular vindu, nominative plural vindur)

  1. windlass, winch
  2. skein of yarn
Declension
    Declension of vinda
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vinda vindan vindur vindurnar
accusative vindu vinduna vindur vindurnar
dative vindu vindunni vindum vindunum
genitive vindu vindunnar vinda/vindna vindanna/vindnanna
Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vinda (present tense vind, past tense vatt, supine vunde, past participle vunden, present participle vindande, imperative vitt or vind)

  1. Alternative form of vinde

Noun

vinda f

  1. definite singular of vinde

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *windaną, whence also modern English wind.

Verb

vinda (singular past indicative vatt, plural past indicative undu, past participle undinn)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to twist, wring, squeeze, wind
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to wind, hoist (up)
  3. (transitive, with dative) to turn, swing
    hǫfði vatt þá Gunnarr ok Hǫgna til sagði
    Gunnar turned his head and spoke to Hogni
    vinda eldskíðu í nærfrarnar
    to hurl a burning brand on the roof
    vindr upp sjóðnum
    he suddenly lifted up the moneybag
  4. (reflexive) to make a sudden movement, turn oneself quickly
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: vinda
  • Faroese: vinda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vinde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinde
  • Old Swedish: vinda
  • Danish: vinde

Noun

vinda f (genitive vindu)

  1. a hank of yarn
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vinda

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of vindr

Adjective

vinda

  1. inflection of vindr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

References

  • vinda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vinda, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

vinda

  1. to twist, to wring, to wind

Conjugation

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩida, feminine of the past participle of the verb vĩir (modern vir).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vin‧da

Noun

vinda f (plural vindas)

  1. arrival
    Synonym: chegada

Derived terms

Adjective

vinda f sg

  1. feminine singular of vindo

Participle

vinda f sg

  1. feminine singular of vindo

Swedish

vinda, nystvinda, nystkrona (yarn swift)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinda, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

vinda (present vindar, preterite vindade, supine vindat, imperative vinda)

  1. to twist, to wrap, to wind
  2. to have the eyes turned in different directions (preventing focus), to have a squint, to suffer from strabismus
    Synonym: skela
Conjugation
vinda, åkervinda, Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed)
Derived terms

Noun

vinda c

  1. a swift, a tool to bundle (twist, wind) yarn
  2. a plant of the genus Convolvulus, bindweed
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

vinda

  1. inflection of vind:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

References