frændi
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frændi m (genitive singular frænda, plural frændur)
Declension edit
m5 (frændi) | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | frændi | frændin | frændur | frændurnir |
Accusative | frænda | frændan | frændur | frændurnar |
Dative | frænda | frændanum | frændum | frændunum |
Genitive | frænda | (frændans) | frænda | (frændanna) |
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frændi m (genitive singular frænda, nominative plural frændur)
- a male relative excluding brothers and direct ancestors or descendants; a (male) cousin, uncle, nephew, etc.
- any male relative
Declension edit
declension of frændi
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Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From frjándi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, present participle of *frijōną (“to love”), ancestor of frjá, (see also fjándi (“enemy”)).
Compare Old Saxon friund ( > Dutch Low Saxon vrind and German Low German Fründ), Old English frēond ( > English friend), Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd ( > West Frisian freon), Old High German friunt ( > German Freund), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”).
Noun edit
frændi m (genitive frænda, plural frændr)
- a friend
- Hávamál, verse 76
- Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama. […]- Cattle dies, / friends die,
the self dies the same. […]
- Cattle dies, / friends die,
- Hávamál, verse 76
- a relative, usually male
Declension edit
Declension of frændi (strong nd-stem)
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Descendants edit
- Icelandic: frændi
- Faroese: frændi
- Norn: frend
- Norwegian Nynorsk: frende
- Old Swedish: frænde
- Swedish: frände
- Danish: frænde
- Norwegian Bokmål: frende
References edit
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary")
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “friend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.