freh

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• frieh (southern Moselle Franconian)
• fröh (most of Ripuarian)
• frööch (western Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrüeje, vrüe, from Old High German fruoi, from Proto-West Germanic *frō(ī) (“early”).

Adjective

freh

1. (northern Moselle Franconian) early

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frek, whence also Old English frec, cognate with Old Norse frekr.

Adjective

frëh

1. greedy, ambitious
2. audacious, naughty

Derived terms

• frëhhī
• frëhho (adverb)
• frihhida (noun)

Descendants

• Middle High German: vrëch
  • German: frech

References

• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “frëh”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig