frjádagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier *fríadagr, presumably borrowed from Old Saxon *frīadag, *frīgadag (perhaps through Middle Low German vrīdach, vrigedach), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“Friday”).

Noun

frjádagr m

1. Friday

   Synonyms: freyjudagr, friggjardagr, fræigjadagr

Descendants

• Icelandic: frjádagur
• Faroese: fríggjadagur
• Middle Norwegian: fræigjadagr (akin to friggjardagr)
  • Norwegian: fredag; (dialectal) frei(d)dag, frædag
• Elfdalian: frjådag
• Old Swedish: frēadagher, frīadagher
  • Swedish: fredag
• Danish: fredag
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fredag
• Gutnish: fredagar, fredag, freda
• → Estonian: reede
• → Finnish: perjantai

See also

• days of the week: dagar í vikunni (appendix): mánadagr~mánudagr · týsdagr · óðinsdagr · þórsdagr · frjádagr · laugardagr · sunnudagr ^[edit]