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

• 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 (2001–2025) “friend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.