Freind

Cognate with German Freund.

Freind m (plural1 Freind, plural2 Freinde)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) friend

   Mei Freind, dr Kurt, hot aah esu gedocht.

   My friend, Kurt, thought the same way.

   Seine Freind warn gedes Gahr gespannt, wos Neies wieder of'n Barg kumme wür.

   Every year, his friends were eager to see what new things would happen on the mountain.

• https://www.breitenbrunn-erzgebirge.de/de/datei/anzeigen/id/7789,8,1/2018_21_10_24.pdf P. 6
• Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 131

• froynt (Wiesemann spelling)

From Central Franconian Frönd, from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, from *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, from *preyH- + *-ós.

Mostly displaced by Amigo outside of set phrases.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraɪ̯nt/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯nt
• Syllabification: Freind

Freind m (plural Freind, feminine Freindin)

1. (dated) friend

   Synonym: Amigo

   Antonym: Feind

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Freind”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 59, column 2

Inherited from Rhine Franconian, from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt.

Cognate with German Freund, Dutch vriend, English friend.

Freind m (plural Freind)

1. friend