friund

friund

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Noun

friund m (nominative plural friunde or friund)

1. friend; loved one

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vrient
  • Dutch: vriend, vrind
    • Afrikaans: vriend
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: frindi
    • Javindo: friend
    • Jersey Dutch: vrînt
    • Negerhollands: vriend, vrient
    • Petjo: pring (archaic)
  • Limburgish: vröndj

Further reading

• “friund”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• friōnd

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Noun

friūnd m

1. friend

   Synonym: wine

2. blood relation

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Früünd, Fjund
• West Frisian: freon

References

• Hofmann, Dietrich; Tjerk Popkema, Anne; co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

Compare Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd, Old English frēond, Old High German friunt, Old Norse frændi, frjándi, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /friu̯nd/, [friy̯nd]

Noun

friund m

1. friend

Declension

Declension of friund (nd-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	friund	friund
accusative	friund	friund
genitive	friundes	friundō
dative	friunde	friundum
instrumental	—	—

Declension of friund (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	friund	friundos
accusative	friund	friundos
genitive	friundes	friundō
dative	friunde	friundum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vrint, vrünt, vrent
  • German Low German: Fründ, Frund, Frönd
  • Plautdietsch: Frint
  • → Old Swedish: frynt
    • Swedish: frynt (obsolete)
  • → Westrobothnian: frönter