Frí
Old Norse Dictionary - frí
Meaning of Old Norse word "frí"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word frí can mean:frí
- frí
- 1. adj. = fráls, free, released, vacant, used in a less noble sense than frjáls, q. v.; frí is foreign, but freq. in mod. writers:—used as adv. freely, truly, in mod. poets, Pass. 7. 12, 18. 9, 19. 8, 38. 5.
- frí
- 2. m. [Dan. frier = a wooer, cp. frjá], a lover, = friðill, an απ. λεγ., Hým. 9, cp. friðla; Höfuðl. 15 is dubious.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)