Old English · noun
unfriþ
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈunˌfriθ/
- Syllables
- ˈun · ˌfriθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- unfrithabsenceking'shostility
Meaning
-
absence of peace, hostility
-
the state of being out of the king's peace
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *unfriþu, from Proto-Germanic *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, un- + friþ. Compare Dutch onvrede (“displeasure, quarrel”), German Unfriede (“strife”) and Old Norse úfriðr (“war, hostilities”). Compare to modern English fray ("conflict, quarrel, heated argument,") which derives by aphesis from affray—an Old French loan—ultimately equivalent to a compound of French é- ("out, away from, de-") + Frankish *friþu (“peace, sanctuary”), thus an equivalent formation to unfriþ.
Descendants
unfrith
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