fryd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”), cognate with Swedish fröjd. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *frewwiþō or *fruwwiþō, a variant of *frawiþō, which is found in Old High German frewida, German Freude, Dutch vreugd. The modern Danish word has been influenced by German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fryːˀð/, [ˈfʁ̥yˀð], [ˈfʁ̥yðˀ]

Noun

fryd c (singular definite fryden, not used in plural form)

1. joy, delight

Declension

Declension of fryd

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fryd	fryden
genitive	fryds	frydens

Derived terms

• en fryd for øjet
• fryd og gammen
• fryd og glæde
• fryde
• frydefuld
• skadefryd

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish fryd, from Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”); cognate with Old High German frewida, German Freude, and Icelandic frygð.

Noun

fryd m (definite singular fryden, indefinite plural fryder, definite plural frydene)

1. joy, delight

Derived terms

• en fryd for øyet
• fryd og gammen
• fryd og glede
• fryde
• frydefull
• skadefryd
• øyenfryd

References

• “fryd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fryd” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• frygd f

Etymology

From Danish fryd, from Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”).

Noun

fryd m (definite singular fryden, indefinite plural frydar, definite plural frydane)

1. joy, delight

Derived terms

• fryde
• frydefull
• fryd og glede
• skadefryd

References

• “fryd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.