rǫnd

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚢ (*radu /⁠randu⁠/), Proto-Germanic *randō. Cognate with Old English rand (“edge, rim; (poetic) shield”).

Noun

rǫnd f (genitive randar, plural randir)

1. edge, rim
2. (poetic) shield
3. stripe

Declension

Declension of rǫnd (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rǫnd	rǫndin	randar, randir	randarnar, randirnar
accusative	rǫnd	rǫndina	randar, randir	randarnar, randirnar
dative	rǫnd, rǫndu	rǫndinni	rǫndum	rǫndunum
genitive	randar	randarinnar	randa	randanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: rönd
• Faroese: rond
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rand, rond; (dialectal) rønd
• Old Swedish: rand
  • Swedish: rand
• Danish: rand