ǫnd

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

• ǫnn

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir or endr)

1. duck

• Icelandic: önd
• Faroese: ont
• Norwegian Nynorsk: and, ond
• Norwegian: (dialectal) ònd, ånd, ønd, ånt
• Norwegian Bokmål: and
• Old Swedish: and
  • Swedish: and
• Old Danish: *and (attested plural)
  • Danish: and

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”).

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

1. breath
2. soul
3. life inasmuch as breath or soul has a bodily presence there

• andi (breath)
• sál (soul)

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

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

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

   Synonym: anddyri

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• Icelandic: önd

• de Vries, Jan (1977) “ǫnd”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (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