fjándi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fijandz (“enemy”), present participle of *fijāną (“to hate”). Equivalent to the present participle of fjá. Compare the equivalently formed frændi (“friend”).

Noun

fjándi m

enemy
devil

Declension

Declension of fjándi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjándi	fjándinn	fjándr	fjándrnir
accusative	fjánda	fjándann	fjándr	fjándrna
dative	fjánda	fjándanum	fjándum	fjándunum
genitive	fjánda	fjándans	fjánda	fjándanna

Descendants

Icelandic: fjandi
Faroese: fjandi (“devil, fiend”)
Norn: fjandi (“devil”)
Norwegian Bokmål: fiende
Norwegian Nynorsk: fiende
Elfdalian: fiend, fiund
Old Swedish: fiænde, fiande, fionde
- Swedish: fiende
Danish: fjende
Gutnish: fiende, feiunde

References

fjándi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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