Friða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Friða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 friða

að, [cp. A. S. freodian], to pacify, restore to peace; friða ok frelsa, Fms. i. 110; friða ok frelsa land, Ó. H. 189; friða fyrir e-m, to make peace for one, to reconcile; friða fyrir kaupmönnum, Fms. vii. 16; friða fyrir þeim bræðrum við Kolbein, to intercede for them with K., Sturl. iii. 4; friða fyrir önduðum, to make peace for the dead, intercede for them, by singing masses, Bs. i. 65; hann friðaði vel fyrir landi sínu, he pacified the land, Fms. vii. 16:—in mod. usage esp. to protect by law (birds or other animals), friða fugl, varp, to protect eider-ducks.

2 friða

II. reflex., friðask við e-n, to seek for reconciliation or to reconcile oneself to another, Fms. iii. 155, v. 202, Al. 85: in a pass. sense, Fms. viii. 152.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛁᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
gl
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
p.
page.
pass.
passive, passively.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.
S.
South, Southern.
sing
singular.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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