frod
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fróðr, from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fruː/
Adjective
frod (neuter frodt, definite singular and plural frode, comparative frodare, indefinite superlative frodast, definite superlative frodaste)
- (poetic) wise
Related terms
Male given names:
- Elgfrode
- Fridfrode
- Frodar
- Frode
- Frodmar
- Jormunfrode
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frōdaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /froːd/
Adjective
frōd
- (poetic) wise, experienced
- (poetic) old, mature
Declension
Declension of frōd — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frōd | frōd | frōd |
| Accusative | frōdne | frōde | frōd |
| Genitive | frōdes | frōdre | frōdes |
| Dative | frōdum | frōdre | frōdum |
| Instrumental | frōde | frōdre | frōde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | frōde | frōda, frōde | frōd |
| Accusative | frōde | frōda, frōde | frōd |
| Genitive | frōdra | frōdra | frōdra |
| Dative | frōdum | frōdum | frōdum |
| Instrumental | frōdum | frōdum | frōdum |
Declension of frōd — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frōda | frōde | frōde |
| Accusative | frōdan | frōdan | frōde |
| Genitive | frōdan | frōdan | frōdan |
| Dative | frōdan | frōdan | frōdan |
| Instrumental | frōdan | frōdan | frōdan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | frōdan | frōdan | frōdan |
| Accusative | frōdan | frōdan | frōdan |
| Genitive | frōdra, frōdena | frōdra, frōdena | frōdra, frōdena |
| Dative | frōdum | frōdum | frōdum |
| Instrumental | frōdum | frōdum | frōdum |
Derived terms
- frōdian (“to be wise or prudent”)
- unfrōdnes f (“ignorance, lack of wisdom”)
Descendants
- Middle English: *frod, *frode, *frood
- English: frood
- Scots: frood
See also
- dīgol n (“a secret place, the grave, darkness”)
- earendel m (“the dawn star or such light”)
- hundændlæftiġ (“the number 110, eleventy”)
- sāmwīs (“foolish”)
- scīr f (“a shire, an administrative district”)
- smēah (“subtle, penetrating, creeping”)
- sting m (“a sting, stab, or thrust”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “frod”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.