Fríðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - fríðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "fríðr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

fríðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

fríðr
(fríð, frítt), a.
fríðr
1) beautiful, handsome (f. sýnum);
fríðr
2) fine (frítt lið, föruneyti);
fríðr
3) paid in kind; tólf hundruð fríð, twelve hundred head of cattle in payment; fjórir tigir marka fríðs, forty marks of silver paid in cattle. cf. ú~.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
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