frände

From Old Norse frændi, fríandi, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz. Compare Luxembourgish Frënd, Dutch vriend, Low German Fründ, West Frisian freon, English friend, Danish frænde, German Freund, Norwegian frende, Faroese frændi, Icelandic frændi, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds).

• IPA^(key): /frɛnˈdɛ/

frände c

1. (archaic) a relative, a kinsman
   • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Den höges tal (Hávamál) §77, page 71:

     Fä dör, fränder dör, en dag dör också du. Ett vet jag som aldrig dör, domen över den döde.

     Cattle die, kinsmen die, one day you'll die as well. One thing I know that never dies, the judgment of the dead.

2. (figuratively, usually in compounds) a person one has affinity with (in some sense)

• fränka (“kinswoman; female relative”)

• meningsfrände
• själsfrände
• åsiktsfrände

• frände in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• färden