Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

A denominal derivation from to- +‎ fo- +‎ rind (point).

Verb edit

do·foirndea (prototonic ·tóirndea, verbal noun tórand)

  1. to express, represent, signify
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 65c16
      Is bes leusom torand hi tempul delbae inna rig ⁊ du·fornditer dano a ngnimae inna rig-sin tri delba ban ⁊ suidigter im delba inna rig isin torund im·biat.
      It is a custom with them to represent in a temple the figure of the kings, and moreover the deeds of those kings are represented by figures of women, and they are placed around the figures of the kings in the representation in which they are.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59b18
      Is lán di neuch thórṅther tresin n-aimmnigud-sin.
      It is full of whatever is denoted by that appellation.
    • c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 11c3
      du·fornditerglosses Latin exprimuntur
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 55
      Is he candadas inna ndegnimae són [...] do·foirndither trisin mbrat find.
      It is the whiteness of the good works itself... that is represented by the white cloak.

Inflection edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
do·foirndea do·ḟoirndea do·foirndea
pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit