Enda

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

enda Old Icelandic word can mean:

enda

I)

enda

conj.

enda

1) with subj. (a standing phrase in the law connecting the latter clause of a conditional premiss) if, and if, and in case that, and supposing that;

enda

nú hefir maðr sveinbarn fram fœrt í œsku, ~ verði sá maðr veginn síðan, þá …, if a man has brought a boy up in his youth, and it so happens that he (the boy) be slain, then …;

enda

2) even if, allhough, with subj. (seg mér, hvat til berr, at þú veizt fyrir úorðna hluti, ~ sér þú eigi spámaðr);

enda

3) even;

enda

þá skal hann segja búum sínum til, ~ á, þingi, even in parliment;

enda

4) if only with subj. (fyrir engan mun þori ek at vekja konunginn en segja má ek honum tíðindin, ef þú vill, ~ vekir þú hann);

enda

5) and indeed, and of course, and also, and besides;

enda

~ skulum vér þá leysa þik, and then of course we shall loose thee;

enda

sýnist þat jafnan, at ek em fégjarn, ~ man svá enn, and so it will be also in this case;

enda

6) and yet;

enda

eigi nenni ek at hafa þat saman, at veita Högna, ~ drepa bróður hans, I cannot bear to do both, help H. and yet kill his brother;

enda

7) ellipt. without a preceding premiss;

enda

~ tak þú nú øxi þína, and now take thy axe.

enda

II)

enda

(að, or enda, ent), v.

enda

1) to end, coming to an end (í því sama klaustri endi hann sína æfi);

enda

impers., ~r þar sögu frá honum, the tale of him ends there;

enda

2) to fulfil, perform (~ heit sitt);

enda

3) to mark the end of, to bound (af suðri endir hana [i. e. Asia] úthafit);

enda

4) refl., ~st, to end, come to an end (reiði mannsins endist á einu augabragði);

enda

to last, hold out (berjast meðan dagrinn endist);

enda

meðan mér ~st föng til, as long as my provisions last;

enda

ef honum endist aldr til, if he lives so long;

enda

meðan mér ~st lífdagar, meðan ek endumst, as long as I live;

enda

to turn out, to end (well or ill), to do (enda mun þat fám bóndum vel ~st at synja mér mægðar).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᛏᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary