frede

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse friða, from Proto-Germanic *friþōną, cognate with Swedish freda, German frieden, Dutch vreden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freːðə/, [ˈfʁ̥æðð̩]

Verb

frede (imperative fred, infinitive at frede, present tense freder, past tense fredede, perfect tense har fredet)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)
  2. to spare

Conjugation

References

Middle English

Verb

frede

  1. Alternative form of freden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse friða.

Verb

frede (imperative fred, present tense freder, passive fredes, simple past and past participle freda or fredet, present participle fredende)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse friða.

Verb

frede (present tense fredar, past tense freda, past participle freda, passive infinitive fredast, present participle fredande, imperative frede/fred)

  1. to protect, preserve (by law)

References

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English afraid.

Adjective

frede

  1. afraid
  2. fearsome, terrifying
  3. ugly
    Synonym: takru

Verb

frede

  1. (stative) to fear
  2. to frighten

Noun

frede

  1. fear