Fríðr

Old Norse Dictionary - fríðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "fríðr" in English.

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

fríðr Old Norse word can mean:

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.)
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