ǫnd

See also: önd

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ǫnn

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir or endr)

1. duck

Declension

  Declension of ǫnd (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫnd	ǫndin	endr	endrnar
accusative	ǫnd	ǫndina	endr	endrnar
dative	ǫnd	ǫndinni	ǫndum	ǫndunum
genitive	andar	andarinnar	anda	andanna

  Declension of ǫnd (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫnd	ǫndin	andir	andirnar
accusative	ǫnd	ǫndina	andir	andirnar
dative	ǫnd	ǫndinni	ǫndum	ǫndunum
genitive	andar	andarinnar	anda	andanna

Synonyms

• anddyri

Descendants

• 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

Etymology 2

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”).

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

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

Declension

  Declension of ǫnd (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫnd	ǫndin	andir	andirnar
accusative	ǫnd	ǫndina	andir	andirnar
dative	ǫnd, ǫndu	ǫndinni, ǫndunni	ǫndum	ǫndunum
genitive	andar	andarinnar	anda	andanna

Synonyms

• andi (breath)
• sál (soul)

Descendants

• Icelandic: önd
• Faroese: ond
• Old Danish: and
  • Danish: ånd
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ånd

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ǫnd f (genitive andar, plural andir)

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

Declension

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Descendants

• Icelandic: önd

Further reading

• de Vries, Jan (1977) “ǫnd”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 687
• “ǫnd”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press