ǫnd

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See also: önd

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck, ennet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts.

Alternative forms

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir or endr)

  1. duck
    Synonym: anddyri
Declension
Declension of ǫnd (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫnd ǫndin endr endrnar
accusative ǫnd ǫndina endr endrnar
dative ǫnd ǫndinni ǫndum ǫndunum
genitive andar andarinnar anda andanna
Declension of ǫnd (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫnd ǫndin andir andirnar
accusative ǫnd ǫndina andir andirnar
dative ǫnd ǫndinni ǫndum ǫndunum
genitive andar andarinnar anda andanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: önd
  • Faroese: ont
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: and, ond
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) ònd, ånd, ønd, ånt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: and
  • Old Swedish: and
  • Old Danish: *and (attested plural)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-dʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *anþą (“breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-to-m, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”).

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

  1. breath
  2. soul
  3. life inasmuch as breath or soul has a bodily presence there
Declension
Declension of ǫnd (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫnd ǫndin andir andirnar
accusative ǫnd ǫndina andir andirnar
dative ǫnd, ǫndu ǫndinni, ǫndunni ǫndum ǫndunum
genitive andar andarinnar anda andanna
Synonyms
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *andō (“porch, hallway”).

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

  1. vestibule (passage or room between the outer door and the interior of a building), hallway
Declension

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Descendants

Further reading

  • de Vries, Jan (1977) “ǫnd”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 687
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “önd”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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