frøði

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See also: -frøði and frodi

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse frœði, from Proto-Germanic *frōdį̄.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

frøði n (genitive singular frøðis, plural frøði)

  1. theme for a poem or kvæði

Declension[edit]

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative frøði frøðið frøði(r) frøðini
Accusative frøði frøðið frøði(r) frøðini
Dative frøði frøð(i)num frøðum frøðunum
Genitive frøðis frøðisins frøða frøðanna

Derived terms[edit]

The ending -frøði means "science", but has another declension. See e.g. alisfrøði