tíund

Icelandic

Noun

tíund f (genitive singular tíundar, nominative plural tíundir)

1. a tithe

Declension

Declension of tíund (feminine, based on und)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tíund	tíundin	tíundir	tíundirnar
accusative	tíund	tíundina	tíundir	tíundirnar
dative	tíund	tíundinni	tíundum	tíundunum
genitive	tíundar	tíundarinnar	tíunda	tíundanna

Derived terms

• tíunda (“to report, to relate”)

Related terms

• tíundi

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “tíund”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Old Norse

Etymology

Influenced by Latin decima. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

tíund f

1. tithe

Declension

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

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tíund	tíundin	tíundar, tíundir	tíundarnar, tíundirnar
accusative	tíund	tíundina	tíundar, tíundir	tíundarnar, tíundirnar
dative	tíund	tíundinni	tíundum	tíundunum
genitive	tíundar	tíundarinnar	tíunda	tíundanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: tíund f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tiend f
• Norwegian Bokmål: tiende m
• Swedish: tionde n
• Danish: tiende c

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tíund”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/438 Internet Archive]