Old English · noun

freond

Normalised frēond

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong nd-stem
IPA: /fre͜oːnd/
Syllables: fre͜oːnd (1 syllable)
Modern English: friend lover

Meaning

friend

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 15:15

I don't consider you servants... I considered you friends...
lover

Declension

Declension of freond
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	frēond	frīend frēond frēondas
Accusative	frēond	frīend frēond frēondas
Genitive	frēondes	frēonda
Dative	frīend frēonde	frēondum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, originally a present participle of the weak verb *frijōną (“to love, to free”) (Old English frēoġan), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”). Corresponding to frēoġan + -nd. Cognate with Old Frisian friūnd, Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt, Old Norse frændi, Gothic (frijōnds).

Descendants

friend

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