Part of speech: noun
Gender: masculine
1. friend; 2. relative; kinsman; 3. helper; protector, guardian; 4. lover (also fríond)
Etymology
[Mod E FRIEND ← v fréoȝan-ის pres.p.; Goth frijonds; O Fris friōnd, friūnd; O Sax friund; Dt vriend; OHG friunt (Mod G Freund); Icel frændi “relative”]
Paradigm
1.2.3. Participial (-nd- stem) nouns
-nd- stem nouns are represented in the OE by a number of nouns resulting from the substantivation of present participles; cf OE fréond (friend; relative, kinsman) (literally (lover, (one) loving)) and wk v fréon, fréoȝan (to love, like(; scyppend (creator, God) and str v scyppan, scippan (to create; to make, produce).
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nouns, -nd- stem, masculine gender
fréond
(friend) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fréond, fríond | fréondas, frénd, frýnd, fréond |
| genitive | fréondes | fréonda |
| dative (instrumental) | fréonde | fréondum |
| accusative | fréond, fríond | fréondas, frénd, frýnd, fréond |
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