vred

See also: vřed and vřěd

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vreːˀð/, [ˈʋʁæˀð], [ˈʋʁæðˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish wreth, Old West Norse reiðr (angry), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk vreid, Swedish vred, English wroth, Dutch wreed.

Adjective

vred (neuter vredt, plural and definite singular attributive vrede)

  1. angry
Inflection
Inflection of vred
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vred vredere vredest2
indefinite neuter singular vredt vredere vredest2
plural vrede vredere vredest2
definite attributive1 vrede vredere vredeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vred

  1. past of vride

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

vred

  1. simple past of vri

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish vred and/or from some dialectal form of Norwegian Nynorsk vreid, both meaning "wroth, angry".

Pronunciation

Uncertain. Possible examples:

  • IPA(key): /vre/ (Norwegian accent)
  • IPA(key): /vrʲe(t)/ (Russian accent)

Adjective

vred

  1. angry

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vreːd/
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  • Rhymes: -eːd

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vridh, derivation of Old Swedish vriþa (to wring, to twist).

Noun

vred n

  1. handle, knob, pinion
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vrēþer, from Old Norse vreiðr (angry), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt-.

Adjective

vred

  1. (somewhat solemn) angry
    1. wroth (though not as archaic)
Usage notes

The neuter vrett (analogous with the neuter of led and sned) is avoided.[1] The neuter vredgat of vredgad can be used instead.

Declension
Inflection of vred
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vred vredare vredast
neuter singular vrett vredare vredast
plural vreda vredare vredast
masculine plural2 vrede vredare vredast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vrede vredare vredaste
all vreda vredare vredaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vred

  1. past indicative of vrida

References

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