rǫnd

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚢ (*radu /⁠randu⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *randō, which according to Duden is related to *hramō (“framework”).[1] Pokorny prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”).[2]

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

References

  1. ^ “Rand” in Duden online
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “rem”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 864
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