vri
Middle Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)
Declension edit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
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Strong declension | ||||
Masculine | vrî | vrîen | vrîem(e) (vrîennote) | vrîes |
Neuter | vrî | |||
Feminine | vrîe | vrîer(e) | ||
Plural | vrîe | vrîen | vrîer(e) | |
Weak declension | ||||
Masculine | vrîe | vrîen | vrîen | |
Neuter | vrîe | |||
Feminine | vrîen | |||
Plural | vrîen | |||
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. |
or
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
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Strong declension | ||||
Masculine | vrî | vrîgen | vrîgem(e) (vrîgennote) | vrîges |
Neuter | vrî | |||
Feminine | vrîge | vrîger(e) | ||
Plural | vrîge | vrîgen | vrîger(e) | |
Weak declension | ||||
Masculine | vrîge | vrîgen | vrîgen | |
Neuter | vrîge | |||
Feminine | vrîgen | |||
Plural | vrîgen | |||
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. |
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.
Verb edit
vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)
- to turn, twist, wring
- (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
- (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)
Noun edit
vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vrier, definite plural vriene)
- a twist
- (card games)
Adjective edit
vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną. Originally a strong verb, it may now also be inflected as a weak verb. Related to vreid (“wroth”) and vreide (“wrath”).
Verb edit
vri (present tense vrir, past tense vridde or vrei, supine vridd/vridt or vride, past participle vridd or vriden, present participle vridande, imperative vri)
- to turn, twist, wring
- (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
- (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vriar, definite plural vriane)
- a twist
- (card games)
Adjective edit
vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie, comparative vriare, indefinite superlative vriast, definite superlative vriaste)
References edit
- “vri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
vri (Cyrillic spelling ври)
- inflection of vreti: