Fræ
Old Norse Dictionary - fræ
Meaning of Old Norse word "fræ"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fræ can mean:fræ
- fræ
- n. (not frœ, as even Eyvind Skaldaspillir rhymes frævi and ævi), sometimes in old MSS. spelt freo or frjó (q. v.), but less rightly; old dat. frævi, mod. fræi; [Ulf. fraiv = σπέρμα; Swed. and Dan. frö; not found in Germ., Saxon, or Engl.; it is therefore a Gothic-Scandinavian word]:—seed, 677. 11, Rb. 78, 655 xxx. 2; chiefly used of vegetables, sæði of animal seed; varpa síðan fræi í fold fyrirmyndan um sjálfs míns hold, Bb. 3. 54; very freq. in mod. usage.
- fræ
- COMPDS: frækorn, fræmælir, frævænligr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)