vri

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /friː/
IPA^(key): /friːʝ-/ (inflected stem with -g-)

Adjective

vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)

free

Declension

Declension of vri

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	vrî	vrîen	vrîem(e) (vrîen^note)	vrîes
Neuter		vrî	vrîem(e) (vrîen^note)	vrîes
Feminine		vrîe	vrîer(e)
Plural	vrîe		vrîen	vrîer(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	vrîe	vrîen	vrîen
Neuter		vrîe
Feminine		vrîen
Plural	vrîen	vrîen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

or

Declension of vri

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	vrî	vrîgen	vrîgem(e) (vrîgen^note)	vrîges
Neuter		vrî	vrîgem(e) (vrîgen^note)	vrîges
Feminine		vrîge	vrîger(e)
Plural	vrîge		vrîgen	vrîger(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	vrîge	vrîgen	vrîgen
Neuter		vrîge
Feminine		vrîgen
Plural	vrîgen	vrîgen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Alternative forms

vrîg

Descendants

→ Danish: fri
→ Estonian: prii
→ Latvian: brīvs
→ Livonian: brī
→ Swedish: fri

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.

Verb

vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)

to turn, twist, wring
(reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe

References

“vri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“vri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ríða, vríða.

Verb

vri

to turn, twist, wring
(reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe

Alternative forms

vride, vrida

References

“vri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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