frjó
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frjó, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frjó n (genitive singular frjós, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of frjó
Derived terms edit
- frjóhnappur (“anther”)
- frjókorn (“pollen”)
- frjóþráður (“filament”)
Related terms edit
- fræ (“seed of a plant”)
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant fræ.
Noun edit
frjó n (genitive frjós)
Declension edit
Declension of frjó (strong a-stem)
Declension of frjó (strong wa-stem)
Derived terms edit
- frjóva (“to fertilize”)
Descendants edit
Here are also descendants of the variant fræ.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
frjó
- inflection of frjór:
References edit
- frjó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.