yndi
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse yndi, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yndi n (genitive singular yndis, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of yndi
Synonyms edit
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wunjō f. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”).
Noun edit
yndi n (genitive yndis)
Declension edit
Declension of yndi (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms edit
- yndifall n (“bereavement”)
- yndiliga (“charmingly”)
- yndiligr (“pleasurable”)
- yndisbót f (“increase of bliss”)
- yndisstaðr m (“place of bliss”) (of Eden)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “yndi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press