frifridil

• ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ (frifridil) (attested script)

From fridil, with reduplicated initial syllable.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.friˌdil/

frifridil m

1. (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. beloved, sweetheart
      • 6th–7th century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:

        ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ / ᛞᚢ / […]

        frifridil / du / […]

        frifridil / du / […]
        beloved / ^?you / […]

• The whole reading is uncertain and has been interpreted in various ways. The form frifridil is considered likely (either as a term of endearment or as a name) by most commentators.

• Seebold, Elmar: Chronologisches Wörterbuch des deutschen Wortschatzes – Der Wortschatz des 8. Jahrhunderts und früherer Quellen, De Gruyter, 2001, page 13: “Nicht ausgeschlossen ist frifridil as Koseform von (mhd.) vridel, vielleicht auch linksläufiges mik. Sonst unklar.”