frod

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fróðr, from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fruː/

Adjective

frod (neuter frodt, definite singular and plural frode, comparative frodare, indefinite superlative frodast, definite superlative frodaste)

1. (poetic) wise

Related terms

Male given names:

• Elgfrode
• Fridfrode
• Frodar
• Frode
• Frodmar
• Jormunfrode

 

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frōdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /froːd/

Adjective

frōd

1. (poetic) wise, experienced
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
     ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
     frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
     wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

     Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
     and this dark life with wise thought,
     shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
     swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

2. (poetic) old, mature

Declension

Declension of frōd — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frōd	frōd	frōd
Accusative	frōdne	frōde	frōd
Genitive	frōdes	frōdre	frōdes
Dative	frōdum	frōdre	frōdum
Instrumental	frōde	frōdre	frōde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frōde	frōda, frōde	frōd
Accusative	frōde	frōda, frōde	frōd
Genitive	frōdra	frōdra	frōdra
Dative	frōdum	frōdum	frōdum
Instrumental	frōdum	frōdum	frōdum

Declension of frōd — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frōda	frōde	frōde
Accusative	frōdan	frōdan	frōde
Genitive	frōdan	frōdan	frōdan
Dative	frōdan	frōdan	frōdan
Instrumental	frōdan	frōdan	frōdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frōdan	frōdan	frōdan
Accusative	frōdan	frōdan	frōdan
Genitive	frōdra, frōdena	frōdra, frōdena	frōdra, frōdena
Dative	frōdum	frōdum	frōdum
Instrumental	frōdum	frōdum	frōdum

Derived terms

• frōdian (“to be wise or prudent”)
• unfrōdnes f (“ignorance, lack of wisdom”)

Descendants

• Middle English: *frod, *frode, *frood
  • English: frood
  • Scots: frood

See also

• dīgol n (“a secret place, the grave, darkness”)
• earendel m (“the dawn star or such light”)
• hundændlæftiġ (“the number 110, eleventy”)
• sāmwīs (“foolish”)
• scīr f (“a shire, an administrative district”)
• smēah (“subtle, penetrating, creeping”)
• sting m (“a sting, stab, or thrust”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “frod”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.