unfriþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unfriþu, from Proto-Germanic *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, un- +‎ friþ. Compare Dutch onvrede (“displeasure, quarrel”), German Unfriede (“strife”) and Old Norse úfriðr (“war, hostilities”).

Noun

unfriþ n

1. absence of peace, hostility
2. the state of being out of the king's peace

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	unfriþ	unfriþu
accusative	unfriþ	unfriþu
genitive	unfriþes	unfriþa
dative	unfriþe	unfriþum

Derived terms

• unfriþflota m (“a hostile fleet”)
• unfriþhere m (“a hostile army”)
• unfriþland m (“a hostile country”)
• unfriþmann m (“a man from a hostile country”)
• unfriþsċip n (“a ship carrying out hostilities”)

Descendants

• Middle English: unfrith, unfrit, unfriðe
  • English: unfrith

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “unfriþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.