friða

See also: Frida, fríða, and Fríða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse friða, from Proto-Germanic *friþōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɪːða/
    Rhymes: -ɪːða

Verb

friða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative friðaði, supine friðað)

  1. to pacify
  2. to calm
  3. to appease
  4. to declare a prohibition on hunting, harming or changing something, e.g. for preserving the style of an old building or preventing extinction of a species; protect

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