unfriþ

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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

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

Declension

Declension of unfriþ (strong a-stem)

Case	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, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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