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frændi
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Pronunciation
Noun
frændi m (genitive singular frænda, plural frændur)
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Synonyms
- skyldfólk, næstingur (relative, kin)
- vinur (friend)
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
Pronunciation
Noun
frændi m (genitive singular frænda, nominative plural frændur)
- kinsman, male relative (excluding brothers and direct ancestors or descendants), especially:
- an uncle
- Synonyms: (paternal) föðurbróðir m, (maternal) móðurbróðir m
- a male cousin
- Synonyms: (paternal) bræðrungur m, (maternal) systrungur m
- a nephew
- Near-synonyms: tvímenningur m (“nephew or niece”), bræðrasynir m pl (“fraternal nephews”), systrasynir m pl (“sororal nephews”)
- an uncle
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Old Norse
Etymology
From frjándi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, present participle of *frijōną (“to love”), ancestor of frjá, (see also fjándi (“enemy”)).
Compare Old Saxon friund ( > Dutch Low Saxon vrind and German Low German Fründ), Old English frēond ( > English friend), Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd ( > West Frisian freon), Old High German friunt ( > German Freund), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”).
Noun
frændi m (genitive frænda, plural frændr)
- a friend
- Hávamál, verse 76
- Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama. […]- Cattle dies, / friends die,
the self dies the same. […]
- Cattle dies, / friends die,
- Hávamál, verse 76
- a relative, usually male
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Further reading
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary")
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “friend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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