Friða

Old Norse Dictionary - friða

Meaning of Old Norse word "friða" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

friða Old Norse word can mean:

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.)

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