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freond

freond

Old English

Noun

frēond m

  1. a friend
    Se hlāford ne scrīfþ frēonde ne fēonde.‎
    The lord regards neither friend nor foe.

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, originally a present participle of the weak verb *frijōną ‎(“to love, to free”) (Old English frēoġan), from Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- ‘like, love’. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd (West Frisian freon), Old Saxon friund (Low Saxon Fründ), Dutch vriend, Old High German friunt (German Freund), Old Norse frǫndi, frjándi, frændi (Swedish frände, Danish frænde), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 ‎(frijonds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek πραυς ‎(prafs), Albanian Prenda ‎(“goddess of love”), perëndi ‎(“God”), Slavonic *prьjatī (Old Church Slavonic приꙗти ‎(prijati), Russian приять ‎(prijatʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freːond/

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