English

Proper noun

Freda

1. A female given name.
   • 2009 Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, ISBN 978-0-8308-3725-0, page 22:

     Now Freda is a beautiful name, but to this day I am glad my bataa was so insistent. I have come to agree there is something magical about one's own name. Later in my life, the name Princess has opened many doors that may not have been opened were I called Freda.

Anagrams

• fader, fared, fear'd

Catalan

Adjective

freda

1. feminine singular of fred

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fredet

Verb

freda

1. simple past of frede
2. past participle of frede

Swedish

Verb

Etymology

From Old Swedish friþa, from Old Norse friða, from Proto-Germanic *friþōną.

freda

1. protect, save (used in some contexts only)

   Vargen fredades i Sverige 1966.

   The wolves were protected in Sweden in 1966.

   ... om han inte kunde freda sitt skinn med tänder och klor, så var hans skin inte värt att fredas.

   ... if his claws and teeth could not keep his skin whole, it wasn't worth keeping. [C.S Lewis: Prince Caspian]