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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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]
- Low German: fri, free, frigg
- → Danish: fri
- → Estonian: prii
- → Faroese: fríur
- → Latvian: brīvs
- → Livonian: brī
- → Norwegian: fri
- → Swedish: fri
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]
- “vri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vri_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “vri_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “vri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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:
- Middle Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Middle Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Middle Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Low German lemmas
- Middle Low German adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyt-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål strong verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål reflexive verbs
- nb:Card games
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål dialectal terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyt-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk class 1 strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk reflexive verbs
- nn:Card games
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian verb forms