bíðendr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bíða (“to wait, abide”) + -andi.
Noun
[edit]bíðendr m pl
- someone waiting, that waits for something
Declension
[edit]masculine | plural | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bíðendr | bíðendrnir |
accusative | bíðendr | bíðendrna |
dative | bíðǫndum | bíðǫndunum |
genitive | bíðanda | bíðandanna |
Related terms
[edit]- bíðandi f (“biding, waiting, delay”)
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bíðendr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 54; also available at the Internet Archive