frie

See also: Frie and fríe

Danish

Adjective

frie

1. inflection of fri:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ffry, ffrye, friȝe, fry, frye

Etymology

• Traditionally seen as from Old Norse frjó (“seed”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-.
• Alternatively from Old French *frie, collateral form of froi (“spawn”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriː(ə)/

Noun

frie (uncountable)

1. fry (young fish)
2. (rare, cooking) roe (fish eggs)
3. (rare, Late Middle English) offspring, children
   • 15th c., “Processus Noe cum filiis [Noah and the Ark]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 28, lines 177–180:

     Deus. Noe, to the and to thi fry / My blyssyng graunt I; / Ye shall wax and multiply, / And fill the erth agane

     God. Noah, I grant my blessing to you and to your offspring. You will grow and multiply and fill the earth again

Descendants

• English: fry
• Scots: fry

References

• “frī(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

frie

1. definite singular of fri
2. plural of fri

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

frie

1. inflection of fri (“free”):
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

frie (present tense friar, past tense fria, past participle fria, passive infinitive friast, present participle friande, imperative frie/fri)

1. alternative form of fri (“to free”)
2. alternative form of fri (“to propose marriage”)

Old Irish

Pronoun

frie

1. third-person singular feminine of fri

Plautdietsch

Adjective

frie

1. free

Derived terms

• Frieheit
• friemoake

Swedish

Adjective

frie

1. definite natural masculine singular of fri