fjándi

Old Norse

Etymology

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

fjándi m

1. enemy
2. devil

Declension

Declension of fjándi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjándi	fjándinn	fjándr	fjándrnir
accusative	fjánda	fjándann	fjándr	fjándrna
dative	fjánda	fjándanum	fjándum	fjándunum
genitive	fjánda	fjándans	fjánda	fjándanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjandi (“devil”)
• Faroese: fjandi (“devil”)
• Norn: fjandi (“devil”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiende
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fiende
• Elfdalian: fiend, fiund
• Old Swedish: fiænde, fiande, fionde
  • Swedish: fiende
• Old Danish: fiændæ
  • Danish: fjende
• Gutnish: fiende, feiunde

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjándi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138; also available at the Internet Archive