frid

From Old Norse fríðr, from Proto-Germanic *frīdaz.

frid (neuter fridt, definite singular and plural fride, comparative fridare, indefinite superlative fridast, definite superlative fridaste)

1. fair, beautiful, smart

• “frid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

A variant of fred, from Old Swedish friþer, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz. The spelling of the vowel as -i- originally signified a short vowel that became lengthened after original long and short vowels had diverged in quality and vowel length became positional. This vowel has generally been merged with the original short -e- and spelled thus and pronounced /eː/ in modern standard Swedish, e.g. in ved or fred, but here -i- is preserved as an archaic spelling artifact which seems to be the cause of the current pronunciation with /-iː-/ (a spelling pronunciation), although German Friede may have influenced the pronunciation as well (see SAOB).

• IPA^(key): /friːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

frid c

1. peace, peacefulness
   • 1797, Anna Maria Lenngren, Pojkarne:

     Jag mins den ljufva tiden, Jag mins den som i går, Då oskulden och friden Tätt följde mina spår,

     I recall that lovely time, like it was yesterday, when innocence and peace closely followed in my way,

   Men utom denna allmänna frid kände den germanska rättsuppfattningen också särskilda högre frider, som hvilade öfver vissa personer, tider, orter eller förhållanden

   But apart form this common peace the Germanic law also respected certain higher peaces, applying to certain persons, times, places or conditions

• Peace between nations, the opposite of war, is fred, while frid is used for religious or legal peace.

• frid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fred in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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