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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse friða, from Proto-Germanic *friþōną, cognate with Swedish freda, German frieden, Dutch vreden.
Pronunciation
Verb
frede (imperative fred, infinitive at frede, present tense freder, past tense fredede, perfect tense har fredet)
- to protect, preserve (by law)
- to spare
Conjugation
References
Middle English
Verb
frede
- Alternative form of freden
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse friða.
Verb
frede (imperative fred, present tense freder, passive fredes, simple past and past participle freda or fredet, present participle fredende)
- to protect, preserve (by law)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse friða.
Verb
frede (present tense fredar, past tense freda, past participle freda, passive infinitive fredast, present participle fredande, imperative frede/fred)
- to protect, preserve (by law)
References
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English afraid.
Adjective
frede
- afraid
- fearsome, terrifying
- ugly
- Synonym: takru
Verb
frede
- (stative) to fear
- to frighten
Noun
frede
- fear