erendi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eyrendi, eyrindi, ørendi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airundiją. Whence also ultimately English errand.

Noun

erendi n (genitive erendis)

1. an errand

Declension

Declension of erendi (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	erendi	erendit	erendi	erendin
accusative	erendi	erendit	erendi	erendin
dative	erendi	erendinu	erendum	erendunum
genitive	erendis	erendisins	erenda	erendanna

Related terms

• árr (“messenger”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: erindi
• Faroese: ørindi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ærend
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærend
• Old Swedish: ærande, ærende, ærinde
  • Swedish: ärende
• Danish: ærinde

Further reading

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