erendi
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- eyrendi, eyrindi, ørendi
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *airundiją. Whence also ultimately English errand
Noun
erendi n (genitive erendis)
- an errand
Declension
Declension of erendi (strong ija-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | erendi | erendit | erendi | erendin |
| accusative | erendi | erendit | erendi | erendin |
| dative | erendi | erendinu | erendum | erendunum |
| genitive | erendis | erendisins | erenda | erendanna |
Related terms
- árr (“messenger”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: erindi
- Faroese: ørindi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ærend
- Norwegian Bokmål: ærend
- Old Swedish: ærande, ærende, ærinde
- Swedish: ärende
- Danish: ærinde
- Westrobothnian: eran, erän, äran, ärend
References
- erendi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press