freo

See also: Freo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin frēnum.

Noun

freo m (plural freos)

  1. brake

Irish

Alternative forms

  • freob

Pronunciation

  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɾˠoːbˠ/ (corresponding to the variant freob)

Pronoun

freo (emphatic freosan)

  1. third-person plural of fré

References

  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 306.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“like, love”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian frī (West Frisian frij), Old Saxon frī, Old Dutch frī (Dutch vrij), Old High German frī (German frei), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian 'Prenda' goddess of love, Perëndi (“God”), Proto-Slavic *prijateljь, Old Irish ríar (Welsh rhydd (“free”)), and perhaps Ancient Greek πρᾶος (prâos, “mild, gentle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freːo̯/

Adjective

frēo

  1. free, at liberty; exempt
  2. (poetic) noble, glad
    • c. 700 Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
      Ða wearþ worn afeded freora bearna
      then a number of noble children were brought forth.
Declension
Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative frēwa frēwe frēwe frēwan nom. frēo frēo frēu frēwe frēu, -frēwe frēwa, -e
accusative frēwan frēwe frēwan acc. frēone frēo frēwe frēwe frēu, -frēwe frēwa, -frēwe
genitive frēwan frēora, frēwena gen. frēwes frēwes frēore frēora
dative frēwan frēwum dat. frēwum frēwum frēore frēwum
instrumental frēwe
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) (Old English frēa), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old High German frouwa (German Frau), Old Norse freyja. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *prāvъ (Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”)), and the first element of Latin provincia.

Noun

frēo f

  1. (Northumbria) a woman
    • c. 700, Cædmon, Metrical Paraphrase
      oþ-ðæt he funde frēo fægroste
      until he found the fairest woman
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