friðr

See also: fríðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *friþuz. Cognate with Old English friþ, Old High German fridu.

Noun

friðr m

1. peace, frith
   1. (law, religion) an agreement not to use violence or launch lawsuits in religious shrines, and at certain times like holidays and during plantation and harvest
2. love

Declension

  Declension of friðr (strong u-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	friðr	friðrinn
accusative	frið	friðinn
dative	friði	friðinum
genitive	friðar	friðarins

Derived terms

• annfriðr (“spring peace”)
• úfriðr (“war, hostilities”, literally “unpeace”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: friður
• Faroese: friður
• Norwegian Bokmål: fred
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fred
• Old Swedish: friþer
  • Swedish: fred, frid
• Danish: fred