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

  1. enemy
  2. devil

Declension

Declension of fjándi (strong nd-stem)
masculine singular plural
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 (“devil”)
  • Faroese: fjandi (“devil”)
  • Norn: fjandi (“devil”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiende
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiende
  • Elfdalian: fiend, fiund
  • Old Swedish: fiænde, fiande, fionde
  • Old Danish: fiændæ
  • Gutnish: fiende, feiunde

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjándi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138; also available at the Internet Archive
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