báðir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.

Adjective

báðir m pl (feminine plural báðar, neuter plural bæði)

1. both (used to refer to two or more men)

   Teir eru báðir skemtiligir.

   They're both fun.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai-. Cognate with English both, German beide and Dutch beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian Nynorsk båe.

Determiner

báðir (plural only, feminine báðar, neuter bæði)

1. both

   Þeir eru báðir skemmtilegir.

   They're both fun.

Declension

positive forms of báðir (pl-only strong-only)

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	báðir	báðar	bæði
accusative	báða
dative	báðum
genitive	beggja

Derived terms

• bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bai.

Determiner

báðir

1. both

Declension

Declension of báðir

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	báðir	báðar	bæði
accusative	báða	báðar	bæði
dative	bǫ́ðum	bǫ́ðum	bǫ́ðum
genitive	beggja	beggja	beggja

Descendants

• Icelandic: báðir
• Faroese: báðir
• Norwegian Bokmål: både
• Norwegian Nynorsk: både; båe
• Elfdalian: båðer
• Old Swedish: bāþir, bāþe
  • Swedish: både; båda
• Danish: både

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “báðir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 44; also available at the Internet Archive