fjándi
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
fjándi m
Declension[edit]
Declension of fjándi (strong nd-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- 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[edit]
- fjándi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.