ærende

See also: ärende

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː.ren.de/

Noun

ǣrende n (nominative plural ǣrendu)

1. message
2. errand

Declension

Declension of ærende (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣrende	ǣrendu
accusative	ǣrende	ǣrendu
genitive	ǣrendes	ǣrenda
dative	ǣrende	ǣrendum

Derived terms

• ǣrendian

Descendants

• Middle English: erande, erende
  • English: errand
  • Scots: erand, eirand, earand

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “ǽrend”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.