fránn

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Possibly from a Proto-Norse *frahna- (“gleaming, flashing”). Unclear etymology. The word seems akin to Old Norse frár (“swift, light-footed”) only used in poetry as an epithet of serpents, and metaphor of swords and sharp weapons. Compare Old Norse naðr (“serpent; sword poetically”). Also compare dialectal Swedish från (“intelligent; intelligence”) of unknown etymology (as in “gleaming/clear/sharp in the mind”). Less likely to be related to Swedish frän (“acrid; caustic; having an offensive or intense odor or flavor”), Norwegian fræna (“to give off a strong odor”). The root has been found in two Scandinavian placenames. Old Danish Franninge, Fræningæ, Fræninge, Frenninge, Swedish Fränninge, a Scanian locality. The locality is assumed to have been named after the inhabitants, Old Danish *fræningar, called so after the local river (today Vollsjöån), Old Danish *Frān f (< Proto-Norse *Frahnō), or *Frāna f (< *Frahnōn-), formed from an Old Danish cognate adjective to fránn (“the shimmering river”). Old Swedish Franøø, Swedish: Frånö (“gleaming island”). Compare the potential cognate lineages: Old Swedish frar, fra, Swedish frår, frå (“dawned, awake”); Old Saxon fraho, frō, Old High German frao, frō, German froh; from a root meaning “brisk”. Old Swedish fror, fro, Swedish fro (“vigorous, brisk, well; merry”); Middle Low German vrō, German froh (“merry”) Old Swedish frana, Swedish fråna (“to be eager, to become eager; to be revived, to be refreshed; to come around, perk”) === Adjective === fránn (poetic, especially of swords and serpents) gleaming, flashing potentially by extension: serpentine (compare the river of Fränninge) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fráneygr (“with flashing eyes”) fránleitr (“id.”) fránlyndr (“id.”) fræningr (“serpent”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: fránn Old Danish: *frann, *fran Old Danish: (archaic placenames) Frann-, Fræn-, Frenn- Danish: (archaic placenames) Frenn- → Swedish: (archaic placenames) Fränn- Old Swedish: *frann, *fran Old Swedish: (archaic placenames) Fran- Swedish: (archaic placenames) Från- ==== References ====