frauðr

Old Norse

Etymology

Often cited as being inherited from Proto-Germanic *frauþaz; however perhaps instead from earlier *fraugr, and cognate with Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”).

Noun

frauðr m

1. frog

Declension

Declension of frauðr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frauðr	frauðrinn	frauðar	frauðarnir
accusative	frauð	frauðinn	frauða	frauðana
dative	frauði	frauðinum	frauðum	frauðunum
genitive	frauðs	frauðsins	frauða	frauðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: frauður
• Norwegian: frau, fraud, fraug (dialectal)
• Old Swedish: frödh, frödher
  • Swedish: fröd, frö, fröa (dialectal)
• Old Danish: frødh
  • Danish: frø
• Gutnish: fråi
• → Middle English: froude, frode, frude, froud
  • English: frod (dialectal)
• → Old French: froiz, froit, frot (“toad”)