frjádagr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From late Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”) (itself a calque of Latin dies Veneris), through the intermediate of a West Germanic language, likely Old Saxon *frīadag, as Old Saxon was in contact with Old Norse in the south of Denmark.
Noun[edit]
frjádagr m
- Friday
- Synonyms: freyjudagr, friggjardagr, fræigjadagr
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: frjádagur
- Faroese: fríggjadagur
- Middle Norwegian: fræigjadagr (akin to friggjardagr)
- Norwegian: fredag; (dialectal) frei(d)dag, frædag
- Elfdalian: frjådag
- Westrobothnian: frejda, fridæ, fröydä, freida
- Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
- Swedish: fredag
- Danish: fredag
- Norwegian Bokmål: fredag
- Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
- → Estonian: reede
- → Finnish: perjantai
See also[edit]
(days of the week) dagar í vikunni; sunnudagr, mánadagr/mánudagr, týsdagr, óðinsdagr, þórsdagr, frjádagr, laugardagr (Category: non:Days of the week)