fræ

See also: frae and Frae

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɛaː/
• Rhymes: -ɛaː

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, plural fræ)

1. a seed of a plant

Declension

n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fræ	fræið	fræ	fræini
accusative	fræ	fræið	fræ	fræini
dative	fræ, fræi	frænum	fræum	fræunum
genitive	fræs	fræsins	fræa	fræanna

Derived terms

• grasfræ
• hvannfræ
• línfræ
• sólblómufræ

Anagrams

• fær

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraiː/
• Rhymes: -aiː

Noun

fræ n (genitive singular fræs, nominative plural fræ)

1. a seed of a plant

Declension

Declension of fræ (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fræ	fræið	fræ	fræin
accusative	fræ	fræið	fræ	fræin
dative	fræi	fræinu	fræjum	fræjunum
genitive	fræs	fræsins	fræja	fræjanna

Derived terms

• hörfræ

Anagrams

• fær

Ligurian

Alternative forms

• frè (Tabarchino)

Etymology

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɛː/

Noun

fræ m (invariable)

1. brother

See also

• seu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fræ n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøi)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of frø

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• frjó

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, whence also the variant frjó.

Noun

fræ n (genitive fræs, dative frævi, plural fræ)

1. a seed of a plant

Declension

Declension of fræ (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fræ	fræit	fræ	fræin
accusative	fræ	fræit	fræ	fræin
dative	frævi	frævinu	frævum	frævunum
genitive	fræs	fræsins	fræva	frævanna

Descendants

Here are also descendants of the variant frjó.

• Icelandic: frjó, fræ
• Faroese: fræ
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frø, fræ, frjo, fre, frjø
• Norwegian Bokmål: frø
• Swedish: frö
• Danish: frø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fræ

1. inflection of frær:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fræ”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 151; also available at the Internet Archive

Anagrams

• fær