frændi – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of frændi

Noun: frændi
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.frændi
Sg. Def.frændinn
Pl. Indef.frændr
Pl. Def.frændrnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.frænda
Sg. Def.frændans
Pl. Indef.frænda
Pl. Def.frændanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.frænda
Sg. Def.frændanum
Pl. Indef.frændum
Pl. Def.frændunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.frænda
Sg. Def.frændann
Pl. Indef.frændr
Pl. Def.frændrna

Sample Sentences

  • Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
  • deyr sjalfr it sama.[…] (Cattle dies, / friends die,
  • the self dies the same. […]) [Hávamál, verse 76]

Nouns inflected like frændi

fjándi, frændi,

Etymology

1. From frjándi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, present participle of *frijōną (“to love”), ancestor of frjá, (see also fjándi (“enemy”)).
2. Compare Old Saxon friund ( > Dutch Low Saxon vrind and German Low German Fründ), Old English frēond ( > English friend), Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd ( > West Frisian freon), Old High German friunt ( > German Freund), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”). See: English Nouns 'friend', German Nouns 'Freund', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "frændi"

German Nouns Freund, Old English Nouns freond, Faroese Nouns frændi, Icelandic Nouns frændi, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns frende, Danish Nouns frænde, Swedish Nouns frände.

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