blunda

See also: blúnda

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplʏnta]
• Rhymes: -ʏnta

Etymology 1

From blundur m (“nap”) +‎ -a (denominal suffix).

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		að blunda
supine sagnbót		blundað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		blundandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
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

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from a Proto-Germanic *blundaz, ablaut of *blindaz.

Verb

blunda

1. to shut the eyes
2. doze

Related terms

• blinda
• *blænda

Descendants

• Icelandic: blunda
• Norwegian: blunda
• Swedish: blunda, ⇒ blundra (frequentative)
• Danish: blunde
• → Middle English: blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), ⇒ blundren (frequentative)
  • English: blunder

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.

See also

• blund