Fjándi
Old Norse Dictionary - fjándiMeaning of Old Norse word "fjándi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
fjándi Old Norse word can mean:
- fjándi
- a, m., mod. fjandi, pl. fjándr, mod. also féndr; dat. fjándum, mod. fjöndum; [Ulf. fiands = ὁ ἐχθός; A. S. feond; Engl. fiend; Germ. feind; Swed. fiende; Dan. fjende; the nd indicates the part.; whereas, Engl. foe seems to be formed from the infin.]:—prop. a hater.
- fjándi
- 1. an enemy, Hkv. 2. 30, 35, Rb. 380; freq. in old poetry, vide Lex. Poët.: in the allit. phrase, sem frændr, en eigi fjándr, as friends, not foes, Ísl. ii. 380: the heathen maxim, gefat þínum fjándum frið, give no truce to thy foes, Hm. 128.
- fjándi
- 2. [Dan. fanden; Swed. fan], after the introduction of Christianity fjándi came to mean a fiend, the fiend, BS. i. 452, Niðrst. 4; fjándr en eigi menn, fiends and no men, FaS. ii. 535: Satan, K. Á. 74, FmS. i. 202, Stj. 40; ber þú sjálfr fjánda þinn, carry thy fiend thyself (of a bewitched banner), Nj. 274; fjánda-kraptr, fiendish power, FmS. vii. 295; fjánda-limr, a devil’s limb, viii. 221; fjánda-sonr, a fiend’s son, 656 C. 14; fjánda-villa, a fiendish heresy, Post. 645. 99: in mod. usage fjándi means a fiend. fjánda-fæla, u, f., botan. fuga daemonum, angelica, Germ. engel-kraut.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- infin.
- infinitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- lit.
- literally.
- v.
- vide.
- botan.
- botanically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
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