skunda

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skynda, from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną.

Verb

skunda (third person singular past indicative skundaði, third person plural past indicative skundaðu, supine skundað)

to hasten, to hurry

Conjugation

Conjugation of skunda (group v-30)
infinitive	skunda
supine	skundað
participle (a6)¹	skundandi	skundaður
	present	past
first singular	skundi	skundaði
second singular	skundar	skundaði
third singular	skundar	skundaði
plural	skunda	skundaðu
	imperative
singular	skunda!
plural	skundið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

kvika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skunda (present tense skundar, past tense skunda, past participle skunda, passive infinitive skundast, present participle skundande, imperative skunda/skund)

Alternative form of skunde

Noun

skunda f (definite singular skunda, indefinite plural skunder or skundor, definite plural skundene or skundone)

(pre-2012) alternative form of skunde
definite singular of skunde

References

“skunda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skundijaną.

Verb

skunda

to speed
Synonym: skynda
to hasten

Conjugation

Conjugation of skunda — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	skunda
present participle	skundandi
past participle	skundaðr
1st-person singular	skunda	skundaða
2nd-person singular	skundar	skundaðir
3rd-person singular	skundar	skundaði
1st-person plural	skundum	skunduðum
2nd-person plural	skundið	skunduðuð
3rd-person plural	skunda	skunduðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skunda	skundaða
2nd-person singular	skundir	skundaðir
3rd-person singular	skundi	skundaði
1st-person plural	skundim	skundaðim
2nd-person plural	skundið	skundaðið
3rd-person plural	skundi	skundaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skunda
1st-person plural	skundum
2nd-person plural	skundið

Conjugation of skunda — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	skundask
present participle	skundandisk
past participle	skundazk
1st-person singular	skundumk	skunduðumk
2nd-person singular	skundask	skundaðisk
3rd-person singular	skundask	skundaðisk
1st-person plural	skundumsk	skunduðumsk
2nd-person plural	skundizk	skunduðuzk
3rd-person plural	skundask	skunduðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skundumk	skunduðumk
2nd-person singular	skundisk	skundaðisk
3rd-person singular	skundisk	skundaðisk
1st-person plural	skundimsk	skundaðimsk
2nd-person plural	skundizk	skundaðizk
3rd-person plural	skundisk	skundaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skundask
1st-person plural	skundumsk
2nd-person plural	skundizk

References

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