vándr

See also: vandr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wandaz (“twisted, turned”), an o-grade adjective from *windaną (“to wind”).^[1]

Adjective

vándr (comparative verri, superlative verstr)

evil

Declension

Comparative and superlative degrees are identical with those of illr.

Strong declension of *vándr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vándr	vánd	vánt
accusative	vándan	vánda	vánt
dative	vándum	vándri	vándu
genitive	vánds	vándrar	vánds

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vándir	vándar	vánd
accusative	vánda	vándar	vánd
dative	vándum	vándum	vándum
genitive	vándra	vándra	vándra

Weak declension of *vándr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vándi	vánda	vánda
accusative	vánda	vándu	vánda
dative	vánda	vándu	vánda
genitive	vánda	vándu	vánda

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vándu	vándu	vándu
accusative	vándu	vándu	vándu
dative	vándum	vándum	vándum
genitive	vándu	vándu	vándu

Declension of comparative of *vándr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	verri	verri	verra
accusative	verra	verri	verra
dative	verra	verri	verra
genitive	verra	verri	verra

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	verri	verri	verri
accusative	verri	verri	verri
dative	verrum	verrum	verrum
genitive	verri	verri	verri

Strong declension of superlative of *vándr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	verstr	verst	verst
accusative	verstan	versta	verst
dative	verstum	verstri	verstu
genitive	versts	verstrar	versts

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	verstir	verstar	verst
accusative	versta	verstar	verst
dative	verstum	verstum	verstum
genitive	verstra	verstra	verstra

Weak declension of superlative of *vándr*
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	versti	versta	versta
accusative	versta	verstu	versta
dative	versta	verstu	versta
genitive	versta	verstu	versta

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	verstu	verstu	verstu
accusative	verstu	verstu	verstu
dative	verstum	verstum	verstum
genitive	verstu	verstu	verstu

Descendants

Danish: ond
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ond
Faroese: vándur, óndur
Icelandic: vondur
Norwegian Bokmål: vond
Norwegian Nynorsk: vond
Swedish: ond

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wanda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573

Further reading

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “vándr”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)