frændi

From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrantɪ/

  Rhymes: -antɪ

frændi m (genitive singular frænda, plural frændur)

1. relative
2. friend

m5 (frændi)	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	frændi	frændin	frændur	frændurnir
Accusative	frænda	frændan	frændur	frændurnar
Dative	frænda	frændanum	frændum	frændunum
Genitive	frænda	(frændans)	frænda	(frændanna)

• skyldfólk, næstingur (relative, kin)
• vinur (friend)

• óvinur
• fíggindi

• bóndi

From Old Norse frændi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfraintɪ]

  Rhymes: -aintɪ

frændi m (genitive singular frænda, nominative plural frændur)

1. kinsman, male relative (excluding brothers and direct ancestors or descendants), especially:
   1. an uncle

      Synonyms: (paternal) föðurbróðir m, (maternal) móðurbróðir m

   2. a male cousin

      Synonyms: (paternal) bræðrungur m, (maternal) systrungur m

   3. a nephew

      Near-synonyms: tvímenningur m (“nephew or niece”), bræðrasynir m pl (“fraternal nephews”), systrasynir m pl (“sororal nephews”)

• frænka (“kinswoman”)
• frændsemi (“kinship”)

From frjándi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, present participle of *frijōną (“to love”), ancestor of frjá, (see also fjándi (“enemy”)).

Compare Old Saxon friund ( > Dutch Low Saxon vrind and German Low German Fründ), Old English frēond ( > English friend), Old Frisian friōnd, friūnd ( > West Frisian freon), Old High German friunt ( > German Freund), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”).

frændi m (genitive frænda, plural frændr)

1. a friend
   • Hávamál, verse 76

     Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
     deyr sjalfr it sama. […]

     Cattle dies, / friends die,
     the self dies the same. […]

2. a relative, usually male

• vinr
• slekt, ætt

• frænka, frenka
• frændkona
• frændsemi

• Icelandic: frændi
• Faroese: frændi
• Norn: frend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frende
• Old Swedish: frænde
  • Swedish: frände
• Danish: frænde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frende

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary")
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “friend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.