rǫnd

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚢ (*radu /⁠randu⁠/), Proto-Germanic *randō. Cognate with Old English rand (“edge, rim; (poetic) shield”).

Noun

rǫnd f (genitive randar, plural randir)

  1. edge, rim
  2. (poetic) shield
  3. stripe

Declension
  Declension of rǫnd (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rǫnd rǫndin randar, randir randarnar, randirnar
accusative rǫnd rǫndina randar, randir randarnar, randirnar
dative rǫnd, rǫndu rǫndinni rǫndum rǫndunum
genitive randar randarinnar randa randanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: rönd
  • Faroese: rond
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rand, rond; (dialectal) rønd
  • Old Swedish: rand
  • Danish: rand
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