frjór

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse frjór (also frjár, frær), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frjouːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

Adjective

frjór (comparative frjórri, superlative frjóastur)

1. fertile

   Antonym: ófrjór

Declension

positive forms of frjór

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjór	frjó	frjótt
	accusative	frjóan	frjóa
	dative	frjóum	frjórri	frjóu
	genitive	frjós	frjórrar	frjós
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjóir	frjóar	frjó
	accusative	frjóa
	dative	frjóum
	genitive	frjórra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjói	frjóa	frjóa
	acc/dat/gen	frjóa	frjóu
	plural (all-case)	frjóu

comparative forms of frjór

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	frjórri	frjórri	frjórra
	plural (all-case)	frjórri

superlative forms of frjór

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjóastur	frjóust	frjóast
	accusative	frjóastan	frjóasta
	dative	frjóustum	frjóastri	frjóustu
	genitive	frjóasts	frjóastrar	frjóasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjóastir	frjóastar	frjóust
	accusative	frjóasta
	dative	frjóustum
	genitive	frjóastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	frjóasti	frjóasta	frjóasta
	acc/dat/gen	frjóasta	frjóustu
	plural (all-case)	frjóustu

Derived terms

• frjósemi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• frjár, frær

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraiwijaz. Related to frjó, fræ n (“seed”).

Adjective

frjór (feminine frjó, neuter frjótt)

1. fertile, yielding fruit

Declension

Strong declension of frjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frjór	frjó	frjótt
accusative	frjóvan	frjóva	frjótt
dative	frjóvum	frjórri	frjóvu
genitive	frjós	frjórrar	frjós
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frjóvir	frjóvar	frjó
accusative	frjóva	frjóvar	frjó
dative	frjóvum	frjóvum	frjóvum
genitive	frjórra	frjórra	frjórra

Weak declension of frjór

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frjóvi	frjóva	frjóva
accusative	frjóva	frjóvu	frjóva
dative	frjóva	frjóvu	frjóva
genitive	frjóva	frjóvu	frjóva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frjóvu	frjóvu	frjóvu
accusative	frjóvu	frjóvu	frjóvu
dative	frjóvum	frjóvum	frjóvum
genitive	frjóvu	frjóvu	frjóvu

Derived terms

• úfrjór

Descendants

• Icelandic: frjór
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fræv

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “frjór”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 151; also available at the Internet Archive