vinda

See also: Vinda

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
	present	past
first singular	vindi	vant
second singular	vindur	vanst
third singular	vindur	vant
plural	vinda	vundu
participle (a26)1	vindandi	vundin
	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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbindɐ]

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

Related terms

• vir

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “viinda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “vinda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vinda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vinda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪnta/
• Rhymes: -ɪnta

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. to wind [with accusative]
2. to wring [with accusative]
3. to twist [with accusative]

   Synonym: snúa

Conjugation

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vinda
supine (sagnbót)		undið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vindandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vind	við vindum	present (nútíð)	ég vindi	við vindum
	þú vindur	þið vindið		þú vindir	þið vindið
	hann, hún, það vindur	þeir, þær, þau vinda		hann, hún, það vindi	þeir, þær, þau vindi
past (þátíð)	ég vatt	við undum	past (þátíð)	ég yndi	við yndum
	þú vast	þið unduð		þú yndir	þið ynduð
	hann, hún, það vatt	þeir, þær, þau undu		hann, hún, það yndi	þeir, þær, þau yndu
imperative (boðháttur)	vind (þú)	vindið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vittu	vindiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vinda — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vindast
supine (sagnbót)		undist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vindandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vinst	við vindumst	present (nútíð)	ég vindist	við vindumst
	þú vinst	þið vindist		þú vindist	þið vindist
	hann, hún, það vinst	þeir, þær, þau vindast		hann, hún, það vindist	þeir, þær, þau vindist
past (þátíð)	ég vast	við undumst	past (þátíð)	ég yndist	við yndumst
	þú vast	þið undust		þú yndist	þið yndust
	hann, hún, það vast	þeir, þær, þau undust		hann, hún, það yndist	þeir, þær, þau yndust
imperative (boðháttur)	- (þú)	- (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	-u	-i *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vindast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	undinn	undin	undið		undnir	undnar	undin
accusative (þolfall)	undinn	undna	undið		undna	undnar	undin
dative (þágufall)	undnum	undinni	undnu		undnum	undnum	undnum
genitive (eignarfall)	undins	undinnar	undins		undinna	undinna	undinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	undni	undna	undna		undnu	undnu	undnu
accusative (þolfall)	undna	undnu	undna		undnu	undnu	undnu
dative (þágufall)	undna	undnu	undna		undnu	undnu	undnu
genitive (eignarfall)	undna	undnu	undna		undnu	undnu	undnu

undinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

Etymology 2

Noun

vinda f (genitive singular vindu, nominative plural vindur)

1. windlass, winch

   Synonym: spil

2. skein of yarn

   Synonyms: hespa, viða

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinda	vindan	vindur	vindurnar
accusative	vindu	vinduna	vindur	vindurnar
dative	vindu	vindunni	vindum	vindunum
genitive	vindu	vindunnar	vindna, vinda	vindnanna, vindanna

Declension of vinda (feminine)

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. to twist, wring, squeeze, wind [with accusative]
2. to wind, hoist (up) [with accusative]
3. to turn, swing [with dative]

   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

Conjugation of vinda — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	vinda
present participle	vindandi
past participle	undinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vind	vatt		vinda	ynda
2nd person singular	vindr	vazt		vindir	yndir
3rd person singular	vindr	vatt		vindi	yndi
1st person plural	vindum	undum		vindim	yndim
2nd person plural	vindið	unduð		vindið	yndið
3rd person plural	vinda	undu		vindi	yndi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vitt
1st person plural	vindum
2nd person plural	vindið

Conjugation of vinda — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	vindask
present participle	vindandisk
past participle	undizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vindumk	undumk		vindumk	yndumk
2nd person singular	vinzk	vazk		vindisk	yndisk
3rd person singular	vinzk	vazk		vindisk	yndisk
1st person plural	vindumsk	undumsk		vindimsk	yndimsk
2nd person plural	vindizk	unduzk		vindizk	yndizk
3rd person plural	vindask	undusk		vindisk	yndisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vizk
1st person plural	vindumsk
2nd person plural	vindizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: vinda
• Faroese: vinda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vinde
• Norwegian Bokmål: vinde
• Old Swedish: vinda
  • Swedish: vinda
• Danish: vinde

Noun

vinda f (genitive vindu)

1. a hank of yarn

Declension

Declension of vinda (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinda	vindan	vindur	vindurnar
accusative	vindu	vinduna	vindur	vindurnar
dative	vindu	vindunni	vindum	vindunum
genitive	vindu	vindunnar	vindna	vindnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vinda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vinde
• Norwegian Bokmål: vinde

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vinda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

vinda

1. to twist, to wring, to wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinda (strong)

	present				past
infinitive	vinda				—
participle	vindandi, vindande				undin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vinder	vindi, vinde	—		vant	undi, unde
þū	vinder	vindi, vinde	vind		*vanst	undi, unde
han	vinder	vindi, vinde	—		vant	undi, unde
vīr	vindum, vindom	vindum, vindom	vindum, vindom		undum, undom	undum, undom
īr	vindin	vindin	vindin		undin	undin
þēr	vinda	vindin	—		undu, undo	undin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vinds	vindis, vindes	—		vants	undis, undes
þū	vinds	vindis, vindes	—		*vansts	undis, undes
han	vinds	vindis, vindes	—		vants	undis, undes
vīr	vindums, -oms	vindums, vindoms	—		undums, undoms	undums, undoms
īr	vindins	vindins	—		undins	undins
þēr	vindas	vindins	—		undus, undos	undins

Descendants

• Swedish: vinda

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.dɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbĩ.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: vin‧da

Noun

vinda f (plural vindas)

1. arrival

   Synonym: chegada

Derived terms

• boas-vindas

Adjective

vinda f sg

1. feminine singular of vindo

Participle

vinda f sg

1. feminine singular of vindo

Swedish

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

Conjugation of vinda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vinda		vindas
supine	vindat		vindats
imperative	vinda		—
imper. plural1	vinden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vindar	vindade	vindas	vindades
ind. plural1	vinda	vindade	vindas	vindades
subjunctive2	vinde	vindade	vindes	vindades
present participle		vindande
past participle		vindad

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

Derived terms

• vindögd (“having a squint”)

Noun

vinda c

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

Declension

Declension of vinda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vinda	vindas
	definite	vindan	vindans
plural	indefinite	vindor	vindors
	definite	vindorna	vindornas

Derived terms

• (tool): nystvinda, torkvinda
• (plant): rosenvinda, snårvinda, vindeväxt, åkervinda

Etymology 2

Adjective

vinda

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

References

• vinda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)