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
neuter	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

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