Old English · noun

rand

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /rɑnd/
Syllables: rɑnd (1 syllable)
Modern English: rand outer brink margin boss rim

Meaning

outer part of something: edge, brink, rim, margin
shield or the boss of a shield

Declension

Declension of rand
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rand	randas
Accusative	rand	randas
Genitive	randes	randa
Dative	rande	randum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rand, *randu, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Old Norse rǫnd (“edge, rim; (poetic) shield”).

Descendants

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