ǫfund

See also: öfund

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abundiz.

Noun

ǫfund f (genitive ǫfundar)

  1. envy

Declension

Declension of ǫfund (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫfund ǫfundin ǫfundar ǫfundarnar
accusative ǫfund ǫfundina ǫfundar ǫfundarnar
dative ǫfund ǫfundinni ǫfundum ǫfundunum
genitive ǫfundar ǫfundarinnar ǫfunda ǫfundanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: öfund
  • Faroese: øvund
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avund, ovund
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: avund m
  • Old Swedish: afund
  • Old Danish: auænd, afund

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “öfund”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 527; also available at the Internet Archive
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