frilla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse friðla (“a mistress, a harlot, a concubine”), usually contracted as frilla. Cognate with Danish frille, compare friðill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɪtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

frilla f (genitive singular frillu, nominative plural frillur)

  1. concubine, mistress
    Synonyms: elja, hjákona

Declension

Declension of frilla (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frilla frillan frillur frillurnar
accusative frillu frilluna frillur frillurnar
dative frillu frillunni frillum frillunum
genitive frillu frillunnar frillna, frilla frillnanna, frillanna

Derived terms

  • frillubarn
  • frilluborinn
  • frilludóttir
  • frillulifnaðarsynd
  • frillulifnaður
  • frillulíferni
  • frillulífi
  • frillulífisbrot
  • frillulífismaður
  • frillulífsmaður
  • frilluson
  • frillusonur
  • frillutak
  • taka frillutaki

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

frilla c

  1. (colloquial) diminutive of frisyr (“haircut”), hairdo
    Synonym: frissa
    Schysst frilla!
    Nice hairdo!
Declension
Declension of frilla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite frilla frillas
definite frillan frillans
plural indefinite frillor frillors
definite frillorna frillornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse friðla.

Noun

frilla c

  1. (archaic) concubine, mistress
    Synonyms: konkubin, bihustru
Declension
Declension of frilla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite frilla frillas
definite frillan frillans
plural indefinite frillor frillors
definite frillorna frillornas

References

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