frisker

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English

Etymology

From frisk +‎ -er.

Noun

frisker (plural friskers)

  1. One who frisks or dances.
  2. (archaic) A wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
    • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, , London: G E for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
      I will have them whether I thrive or thee:
      Now I am a frisker, all men on me looke,
      What ſhould I do but ſet cocke on the hoope?

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

frisker

  1. present of friske

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Adjective

frisker

  1. fresh
  2. healthy

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: frisk

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