fryd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”), cognate with Swedish fröjd. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *frewwiþō or *fruwwiþō, a variant of *frawiþō, which is found in Old High German frewida, German Freude, Dutch vreugd. The modern Danish word has been influenced by German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fryːˀð/, [ˈfʁ̥yˀð], [ˈfʁ̥yðˀ]

Noun

fryd c (singular definite fryden, not used in plural form)

  1. joy, delight

Declension
Declension of fryd
common
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative fryd fryden
genitive fryds frydens

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish fryd, from Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”); cognate with Old High German frewida, German Freude, and Icelandic frygð.

Noun

fryd m (definite singular fryden, indefinite plural fryder, definite plural frydene)

  1. joy, delight

Derived terms

References
  • “fryd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “fryd” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • frygd f

Etymology

From Danish fryd, from Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”).

Noun

fryd m (definite singular fryden, indefinite plural frydar, definite plural frydane)

  1. joy, delight

Derived terms

References
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