gandur – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of gandur

Noun: gandur
Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.gandur
Sg. Def.gandurinn
Pl. Indef.gandar
Pl. Def.gandarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.gands
Sg. Def.gandsins
Pl. Indef.ganda
Pl. Def.gandanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.gandi
Sg. Def.gandinum
Pl. Indef.göndum
Pl. Def.göndunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.gand
Sg. Def.gandinn
Pl. Indef.ganda
Pl. Def.gandana

Sample Sentences

  • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
  • Ríðum, ríðum, rekum yfir sandinn,
  • rökkrið er að síða á Herðubreið,
  • álfadrottning er að beizla gandinn,
  • ekki er gott að verða á hennar leið;
  • vænsta klárinn vildi eg gefa til
  • að vera kominn ofan í Kiðagil.
  • Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
  • darkness settles over Herðubreið.
  • The Queen of the elves bridles her steed -
  • be careful not to cross her path.
  • My best horse I'd sacrifice
  • to be safely back in Kiðagil.

Nouns inflected like gandur

gaddur, gammur, garður, gangur, gandur, garpur, garmur,

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, sorcery; wolf”), from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᚾᛞᚨᛉ (*gandaʀ) (attested in ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ (ungandiʀ, “unsorcered; not bewitched”)), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to beat; slay”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'gandr', Old Norse Nouns 'gandr'.

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