Friða
Old Norse Dictionary - friða
Meaning of Old Norse word "friða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word friða can mean:friða
- 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.
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- pass.
- passive.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)