úfriðr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ófriðr === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, ú- +‎ friðr. Compare to English fray ("conflict, quarrel, heated argument,") which derives by aphesis from affray—an Old French loan—ultimately equivalent to a compound of French é- ("out, away from, de-") + Frankish *friþu (“peace, sanctuary”), thus an equivalent formation to Old English unfriþ or to úfriðr. === Noun === úfriðr m (genitive úfriðar, dative úfriði, plural úfriðir) war, hostilities ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: ófriður Faroese: ófriður Danish: ufred Norwegian Nynorsk: ufred Norwegian Bokmål: ufred === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “úfriðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 455; also available at the Internet Archive