vred
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish wreth, Old West Norse reiðr (“angry”), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk vreid, Swedish vred, English wroth, Dutch wreed.
Adjective edit
vred (neuter vredt, plural and definite singular attributive vrede)
Inflection edit
Inflection of vred | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | vred | vredere | vredest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | vredt | vredere | vredest2 |
Plural | vrede | vredere | vredest2 |
Definite attributive1 | vrede | vredere | vredeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vred
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
vred
Russenorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Danish vred and/or from some dialectal form of Norwegian Nynorsk vreid, both meaning "wroth, angry".
Pronunciation edit
Uncertain. Possible examples:
Adjective edit
vred
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish vridh, derivation of Old Swedish vriþa (“to wring, to twist”).
Noun edit
vred n
Declension edit
Declension of vred | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vred | vredet | vred | vreden |
Genitive | vreds | vredets | vreds | vredens |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish vrēþer, from Old Norse vreiðr (“angry”), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt-.
Adjective edit
vred
Usage notes edit
- Neuter gender absolute form (which would be vrett, analogous with led, sned) is never used.[1] Instead use the synonym vredgad, neuter vredgat.
Declension edit
Inflection of vred | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vred | vredare | vredast |
Neuter singular | vred | vredare | vredast |
Plural | vreda | vredare | vredast |
Masculine plural3 | vrede | vredare | vredast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vrede | vredare | vredaste |
All | vreda | vredare | vredaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vred
- past indicative of vrida