frea – Old English noun declension

Noun: frea
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	frēa
Plural	frēan

Genitive

Singular	frēan
Plural	frēana

Dative

Singular	frēan
Plural	frēam; frēaum

Accusative

Singular	frēan
Plural	frēan

Sample Sentences

10th century, Genesis B, line 655 (Adam, my husband, this fruit is so sweet)

Nouns inflected like frea

wea, frea, hrea,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic frawō, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô, from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”).
2. Cognate with Old Saxon frāho, Old High German frao, frō, Old Norse Freyr, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (frauja), and via Proto-Indo-European with Latin prōvincia (English province). See: Old Norse Nouns 'Freyr', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰', Latin Nouns 'prōvincia', English Nouns 'province'.