*frōdaz

Runic: ᚠᚱᛟᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrɔː.ðɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

wise, experienced, knowledgeable

Etymology

Vṛddhi gerundive of *fraþjaną (‘to understand’).

Declension

Strong declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.frōdazfrōdōfrōdą, -atōfrōdaifrōdôzfrōdō
Acc.frōdanǭfrōdǭfrōdą, -atōfrōdanzfrōdōzfrōdō
Gen.frōdas, -isfrōdaizōzfrōdas, -isfrōdaizǫ̂frōdaizǫ̂frōdaizǫ̂
Dat.frōdammaifrōdaizōifrōdammaifrōdaimazfrōdaimazfrōdaimaz
Inst.frōdanōfrōdaizōfrōdanōfrōdaimizfrōdaimizfrōdaimiz

Weak declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.frōdôfrōdǭfrōdôfrōdanizfrōdōnizfrōdōnō
Acc.frōdanųfrōdōnųfrōdôfrōdanunzfrōdōnunzfrōdōnō
Gen.frōdinizfrōdōnizfrōdinizfrōdanǫ̂frōdōnǫ̂frōdanǫ̂
Dat.frōdinifrōdōnifrōdinifrōdammazfrōdōmazfrōdammaz
Inst.frōdinēfrōdōnēfrōdinēfrōdammizfrōdōmizfrōdammiz

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Descendants

  • *frōd (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fruod, *fruot (Old Dutch)
      • vroet (Middle Dutch)
        • vroed (Dutch)
          • vroed (Afrikaans)
  • *frōd (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frōd (Old English)
      • *frod, *frode, *frood (Middle English)
        • frood (English)
        • frood (Scots)
  • *frōd (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frōd (Old Frisian)
      • frod (North Frisian)
      • frod (Saterland Frisian)
      • froed (West Frisian)
  • *frōd (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fruot, frōt (Old High German)
      • vruot (Middle High German)
        • fruetig (Alemannic German)
  • *frōd (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frōd (Old Saxon)
      • vrôt (Middle Low German)
  • *ᚠᚱᛟᛞᚨᛉ (*frodaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • fróðr (Old Norse)
      • fróður (Faroese)
      • fróður (Icelandic)
      • frod (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᚠᚱᛟᛞᚨᛉ (*frodaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • fróðr (Old Norse)
      • frod (Danish)
        • frod (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᚠᚱᛟᛞᚨᛉ (*frodaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • fróðr (Old Norse)
      • frodher (Old Swedish)
        • frod (Swedish)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (frōþs) (Gothic)

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