*wrandijô

Runic: ᚹᚱᚨᚾᛞᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwrɑn.di.jɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

wren (bird)

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Old Irish dreän, Welsh dryw. Perhaps related to Icelandic rindill (‘tail, wagtail’), and related to Old Norse rǫnd (‘rim, edge’), Old English rand, German Rand.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wrandijô	wrandijaniz
Acc.	wrandijanų	wrandijanunz
Gen.	wrandijiniz	wrandijanǫ̂
Dat.	wrandijini	wrandijammaz
Inst.	wrandijinē	wrandijammiz
Voc.	wrandijô	wrandijaniz

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Descendants

*wrandijō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *renteo, rento (Old High German)
*wrandijō (Proto-West Germanic)
- wrænna, wrenna, werna, wærna, wrenne (Old English)
  - wrenne, wranne (Middle English)
    - wren (English)
    - wran (Scots)
*wrandijō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wrandilō (Proto-West Germanic)
  - rentilo (Old High German)
  - wrėndilo (Old Saxon)
*vrendi (Old Norse)
- *vrindill, rindill (Old Norse)
  - rindel (Danish)
  - rindill (Icelandic)
  - rennel, rinnel, rynnel (Norwegian)
*vrindi (Old Norse)
- *vrindill, rindill (Old Norse)
  - rindel (Danish)
  - rindill (Icelandic)
  - rennel, rinnel, rynnel (Norwegian)

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