frie
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Danish
Adjective
frie
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
- Traditionally seen as from Old Norse frjó (“seed”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-.
- Alternatively from Old French *frie, collateral form of froi (“spawn”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”).
Pronunciation
Noun
frie (uncountable)
- fry (young fish)
- (rare, cooking) roe (fish eggs)
- (rare, Late Middle English) offspring, children
- 15th c., “Processus Noe cum filiis [Noah and the Ark]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 28, lines 177–180:
- Deus. Noe, to the and to thi fry / My blyssyng graunt I; / Ye shall wax and multiply, / And fill the erth agane
- God. Noah, I grant my blessing to you and to your offspring. You will grow and multiply and fill the earth again
Descendants
References
- “frī(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
frie
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
frie
Verb
frie (present tense friar, past tense fria, past participle fria, passive infinitive friast, present participle friande, imperative frie/fri)
Old Irish
Pronoun
frie
Plautdietsch
Adjective
frie
Derived terms
Swedish
Adjective
frie
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