frilla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse friðla (a mistress, a harlot, a concubine), usually contracted as frilla. Cognate with Danish frille, confer friðill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɪtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

frilla f (genitive singular frillu, nominative plural frillur)

  1. concubine, mistress

Declension

Synonyms

  • (concubine): elja, hjákona

Derived terms


Swedish

Noun

frilla c

  1. (colloquial) haircut; diminutive of frisyr
  2. (archaic) concubine, mistress

Declension

Declension of frilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative frilla frillan frillor frillorna
Genitive frillas frillans frillors frillornas

Synonyms

  • (haircut): frissa
  • (concubine): konkubin, bihustru
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