freond – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of freond

Noun: freond
Gender:

Nominative

Singularfrēond
Pluralfrīend; frēond; frēondas

Genitive

Singularfrēondes
Pluralfrēonda

Dative

Singularfrīend; frēonde
Pluralfrēondum

Accusative

Singularfrēond
Pluralfrīend; frēond; frēondas

Sample Sentences

  • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 15:15 (I don't consider you servants ... I considered you friends...)
  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  • Ġyf þonne ǣfre ġebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne onġytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ġe on mōde ġe on līchaman, and on ðām ilċan worce and on ðām ylċan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?
  • If then it ever happen that thou sċhalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

Nouns inflected like freond

freond,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz, originally a present participle of the weak verb *frijōną (“to love, to free”) (Old English frēoġan), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”). Corresponding to frēoġan + -nd.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian friūnd, Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt, Old Norse frændi, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds). See: Old English Nouns 'frēoġan', Old Norse Nouns 'frændi', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃'.

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