Fríðr
Old Norse Dictionary - fríðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fríðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fríðr can mean:fríðr
- fríðr
- adj., neut. frítt, compar. fríðari, superl. fríðastr, [a Scandin. word, not found either in A. S. or Germ.]:—fair, beautiful, handsome, chiefly of the face; fríðr sýnum, Eg. 22. 23, Nj. 2, FaS. i. 387, FmS. i. 2, 17: fine, lið mikit ok frítt, 32, vii. 231; mikit skip ok frítt, Fagrsk.; fríð veizla, Fb. ii. 120; með friðu föruneyti, Ld. 22: metaph. specious, unfair, FmS. x. 252.
- fríðr
- II. paid in kind; tólf hundruð fríð, twelve hundred head of cattle in payment, Finnb. 226; tólf álnum fríðum, Dipl. ii. 20; hve margir aurar skulu í gripum (in valuables), eða hve margir fríðir (in cattle), Grág. i. 136; arfi ens fríða en eigi ens ófríða, he inherits the cattle but not the other property, 221; fjóra tigi marka silfrs fríðs, forty marks of silver paid in cattle, Eg. 526, v. l. Icel. at present call all payment in kind ‘í fríðu,’ opp. to cash; í fríðu ok úfríðu, H. E. i. 561.
- fríðr
- III. as noun in fem. pr. names, Hólm-fríðr, Hall-fríðr, etc., Landn.; and Fríða, u, f. as a term of endearment for these pr. nameS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- compar.
- comparative.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- fem.
- feminine.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)