hræða

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hræða, from Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną, related to *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈr̥aiːða/ Rhymes: -aiːða === Verb === hræða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hræddi, supine hrætt) to scare ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną, related to *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free”). === Verb === hræða (singular past indicative hræddi, plural past indicative hræddu, past participle hræddr) (transitive) to frighten (reflexive) to be afraid of [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hræðiliga (“dreadfully, fearfully”) hræðiligr (“dreadful, fearful”) hræðinn (“timid”) hræddr (“afraid”) hræzla (“dread, fear”) ==== Descendants ==== Old Danish: ræthæ, ræthæs Danish: rædde, ræddes Faroese: ræða Icelandic: hræða Norwegian Bokmål: redd Norwegian Nynorsk: reddast Old Swedish: ræþa Swedish: rädas === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hræða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212; also available at the Internet Archive