vǫndr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• vöndr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, weave, braid”).

Noun

vǫndr m (genitive vandar, plural vendir)

1. wand, switch, twig
2. stripe (in cloth)
3. wicker, wattle

Declension

Declension of vǫndr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫndr	vǫndrinn	vendir	vendirnir
accusative	vǫnd	vǫndinn	vǫndu	vǫnduna
dative	vendi	vendinum	vǫndum	vǫndunum
genitive	vandar	vandarins	vanda	vandanna

Derived terms

• vandahús
• vandar bǫl (“fire”, literally “wicker’s destruction”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: vöndur
• Norwegian: vånd
• Old Swedish: vander
• Old Danish: wand
  • Danish: vånd, vond, vand, vænd
• → Middle English: wond, wand
  • English: wand
  • Scots: wand

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vöndr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Available online
• Byock, Jesse L. (2013) Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas, →ISBN, page 370