frjádagur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”).

Noun

frjádagur m (genitive singular frjádags, nominative plural frjádagar)

  1. (archaic) Friday

Usage notes
  • This word was replaced during Iceland's shift to Christianity by föstudagur, which means simply "fasting day". It is now considered archaic, but may be used jocularly or by some revivalists.

Declension
declension of frjádagur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frjádagur frjádagurinn frjádagar frjádagarnir
accusative frjádag frjádaginn frjádaga frjádagana
dative frjádegi frjádeginum frjádögum frjádögunum
genitive frjádags frjádagsins frjádaga frjádaganna
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