bóndi

See also: bondi and Bondi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbœndɪ]

Noun

bóndi m (genitive singular bónda, plural bøndur)

1. farmer

Declension

m5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóndi	bóndin	bøndur	bøndurnir
accusative	bónda	bóndan	bøndur	bøndurnar
dative	bónda	bóndanum	bóndum	bóndunum
genitive	bónda	bóndans	bónda	bóndanna

Derived terms

• bóndafólk
• bóndagarður
• bóndahús

See also

• frændi
• landbúnaður

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóndi/, [bóndi̥]

Numeral

bóndi

1. ten (for counting money)

   bóndi kála birré

   ten birr

References

• Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎^[1], Leiden University

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi, cognate with Swedish bonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpountɪ]

  Rhymes: -ountɪ

Noun

bóndi m (genitive singular bónda, nominative plural bændur) or
bændur f pl (plural only, genitive plural bænda)

1. farmer
2. (archaic) husband

Usage notes

• For the proscribed feminine inflection, compare regional fjörður, also vetur, fingur, fótur, faðir, bróðir and to a lesser extent nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.

Declension

Declension of bóndi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóndi	bóndinn	bændur	bændurnir
accusative	bónda	bóndann	bændur	bændurna
dative	bónda	bóndanum	bændum, bóndum1	bændunum, bóndunum1
genitive	bónda	bóndans	bænda, bónda1	bændanna, bóndanna1

¹Rare/obsolete.

Declension of bændur (pl-only feminine)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bændur	bændurnar
accusative	bændur	bændurnar
dative	bændum	bændunum
genitive	bænda	bændanna

Derived terms

• húsbóndi

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bóndi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “bóndi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “bóndi”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

• (Setesdal dialect) IPA^(key): [²bou̯ːn.dɪ]
• (West Telemark) IPA^(key): [²bon.di]

Noun

bóndi m

1. (dialectal, Setesdal dialect, West Telemark) alternative form of bonde (“farmer”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• bóandi, búandi, buænder
• ᛒᚯᚿᛐᛁ (bønti)

Etymology

From the present participle of búa (“to reside”) (búa +‎ -andi).

Noun

bóndi m (genitive bónda, plural bǿndr)

1. farmer
2. husband

Declension

Declension of bóndi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóndi	bóndinn	bǿndr	bǿndrnir
accusative	bónda	bóndann	bǿndr	bǿndrna
dative	bónda	bóndanum	bóndum	bóndunum
genitive	bónda	bóndans	bónda	bóndanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bóndi
• Faroese: bóndi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bonde; (dialectal) bóndi
• Old Swedish: bonde
  • Swedish: bonde
    • → Finnish: bonde
• Danish: bonde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bonde
• → Old English: bonda
  • Middle English: bonde
    • English: bond
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: bondagium
      • → Middle English: bondage
        • English: bondage
        • Scots: bondage

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)