fredan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *frōdijaną (“to make wise”), derived from *frōdaz (“wise through experience”) (Old English frōd). Cognate with Dutch vroeden and Icelandic fræða. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfreː.dɑn/ === Verb === frēdan to feel to perceive, sense ==== Usage notes ==== Almost always used with the prefix ġe-. See ġefrēdan for more. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġefrēdan ==== Related terms ==== frōd ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: freden, frede === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fredan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.