fjándi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fijandz (“enemy”), present participle of *fijāną (“to hate”). Equivalent to the present participle of fjá. Compare the equivalently formed frændi (“friend”).

Noun

fjándi m

1. enemy
2. devil

Declension

  Declension of fjándi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjándi	fjándinn	fjándr	fjándrnir
accusative	fjánda	fjándann	fjándr	fjándrna
dative	fjánda	fjándanum	fjándum	fjándunum
genitive	fjánda	fjándans	fjánda	fjándanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjandi
• Faroese: fjandi (“devil, fiend”)
• Norn: fjandi (“devil”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiende
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fiende
• Elfdalian: fiend, fiund
• Old Swedish: fiænde, fiande, fionde
  • Swedish: fiende
• Danish: fjende
• Gutnish: fiende, feiunde

References

• fjándi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.