blindr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blindaz, whence also Old English blind, Old High German blint.

Adjective

blindr

1. blind

   blindan þarf at lęiða

   one must lead a blind man

Declension

    Strong declension of blindr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindr	blind	blint
accusative	blindan	blinda	blint
dative	blindum	blindri	blindu
genitive	blinds	blindrar	blinds
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindir	blindar	blind
accusative	blinda	blindar	blind
dative	blindum	blindum	blindum
genitive	blindra	blindra	blindra

    Weak declension of blindr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindi	blinda	blinda
accusative	blinda	blindu	blinda
dative	blinda	blindu	blinda
genitive	blinda	blindu	blinda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindu	blindu	blindu
accusative	blindu	blindu	blindu
dative	blindum	blindum	blindum
genitive	blindu	blindu	blindu

    Declension of comparative of blindr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindari	blindari	blindara
accusative	blindara	blindari	blindara
dative	blindara	blindari	blindara
genitive	blindara	blindari	blindara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindari	blindari	blindari
accusative	blindari	blindari	blindari
dative	blindurum	blindurum	blindurum
genitive	blindari	blindari	blindari

    Strong declension of superlative of blindr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindastr	blindust	blindast
accusative	blindastan	blindasta	blindast
dative	blindustum	blindastri	blindustu
genitive	blindasts	blindastrar	blindasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindastir	blindastar	blindust
accusative	blindasta	blindastar	blindust
dative	blindustum	blindustum	blindustum
genitive	blindastra	blindastra	blindastra

    Weak declension of superlative of blindr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindasti	blindasta	blindasta
accusative	blindasta	blindustu	blindasta
dative	blindasta	blindustu	blindasta
genitive	blindasta	blindustu	blindasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blindustu	blindustu	blindustu
accusative	blindustu	blindustu	blindustu
dative	blindustum	blindustum	blindustum
genitive	blindustu	blindustu	blindustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: blindur
• Faroese: blindur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blind
• Norwegian Bokmål: blind
• Old Swedish: blinder
  • Swedish: blind
• Danish: blind
• Gutnish: blindar, blindur

References

• “blindr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press