bóndi

See also: bondi and Bondi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbœndɪ]

Noun

bóndi m (genitive singular bónda, plural bøndur)

1. farmer

Declension

Declension of bóndi
m5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóndi	bóndin	bøndur	bøndurnir
accusative	bónda	bóndan	bøndur	bøndurnar
dative	bónda	bóndanum	bóndum	bóndunum
genitive	bónda	bóndans	bónda	bóndanna

Derived terms

• bóndafólk
• bóndagarður
• bóndahús

See also

• frændi
• landbúnaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi, cognate with Swedish bonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpountɪ]

  Rhymes: -ountɪ

Noun

bóndi m (genitive singular bónda, nominative plural bændur)

1. farmer
2. (archaic) husband

Derived terms

• húsbóndi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

• (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [²bou̯ːn.dɪ]
• (West Telemark) IPA^(key): [²bon.di]

Noun

bóndi m

1. (dialectal, Setesdal, West Telemark) alternative form of bonde (“farmer”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• bóandi, búandi, buænder

Etymology

From the present participle of búa (“to reside”) (búa +‎ -andi).

Noun

bóndi m (genitive bónda, plural bǿndr)

1. farmer
2. husband

Declension

  Declension of bóndi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóndi	bóndinn	bǿndr	bǿndrnir
accusative	bónda	bóndann	bǿndr	bǿndrna
dative	bónda	bóndanum	bóndum	bóndunum
genitive	bónda	bóndans	bónda	bóndanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bóndi
• Faroese: bóndi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bonde; (dialectal) bóndi
• Old Swedish: bonde
  • Swedish: bonde
    • → Finnish: bonde
• Danish: bonde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bonde
• → Old English: bonda
  • Middle English: bonde
    • English: bond
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: bondagium
      • → Middle English: bondage
        • English: bondage
        • Scots: bondage

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)