freo
See also: Freo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese frẽo, from Latin frēnum.
Irish
Alternative forms
- freob
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɾˠoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the variant freob)
References
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 306.
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“like, love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /freːo̯/
Adjective
frēo
Declension
Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
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case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
nominative | frēwa | frēwe | frēwe | frēwan | nom. | frēo | frēo | frēu | frēwe | frēu, -frēwe | frēwa, -e | ||
accusative | frēwan | frēwe | frēwan | acc. | frēone | frēo | frēwe | frēwe | frēu, -frēwe | frēwa, -frēwe | |||
genitive | frēwan | frēora, frēwena | gen. | frēwes | frēwes | frēore | frēora | ||||||
dative | frēwan | frēwum | dat. | frēwum | frēwum | frēore | frēwum | ||||||
instrumental | frēwe |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) (Old English frēa), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old High German frouwa (German Frau), Old Norse freyja. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *prāvъ (Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”)), and the first element of Latin provincia.
Noun
frēo f
- (Northumbria) a woman
- c. 700, Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
- oþ-ðæt he funde frēo fægroste
- until he found the fairest woman
- c. 700, Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
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