ǫfund

See also: öfund

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abundiz.

Noun

ǫfund f (genitive ǫfundar)

envy

Declension

Declension of ǫfund (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫfund	ǫfundin	ǫfundar	ǫfundarnar
accusative	ǫfund	ǫfundina	ǫfundar	ǫfundarnar
dative	ǫfund	ǫfundinni	ǫfundum	ǫfundunum
genitive	ǫfundar	ǫfundarinnar	ǫfunda	ǫfundanna

Derived terms

ǫfunda (“to envy”)

Descendants

Icelandic: öfund
Norwegian Nynorsk: avund, ovund
- → Norwegian Bokmål: avund m
Old Swedish: afund
- Swedish: avund c, afund (pre-1906 spelling)
Danish: avind
- Norwegian Bokmål: avind

References

öfund in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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