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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós.
Adjective
vri
- free
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon frī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /friː/
- IPA(key): /friːʝ-/ (inflected stem with -g-)
Adjective
vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)
- free
Declension
Declension of vri
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nominative
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accusative
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dative
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genitive
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Strong declension
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vrî |
vrîen |
vrîem(e) (vrîennote) |
vrîes
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vrî
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| Feminine
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vrîe |
vrîer(e)
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vrîe |
vrîen |
vrîer(e)
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Weak declension
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vrîe |
vrîen |
vrîen
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vrîe
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vrîen
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vrîen
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| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.
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Declension of vri
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nominative
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accusative
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dative
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genitive
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Strong declension
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vrî |
vrîgen |
vrîgem(e) (vrîgennote) |
vrîges
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vrî
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vrîge |
vrîger(e)
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vrîge |
vrîgen |
vrîger(e)
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Weak declension
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vrîge |
vrîgen |
vrîgen
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vrîge
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vrîgen
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vrîgen
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| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.
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Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.
Verb
vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)
- to turn, twist, wring
- (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
- (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)
Noun
vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vrier, definite plural vriene)
- a twist
- (card games)
- a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
- a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game
Adjective
vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie)
- (dialectal) difficult, intransigent
References
- “vri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vri_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “vri_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “vri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną. Originally a strong verb, it may now also be inflected as a weak verb. Related to vreid (“wroth”) and vreide (“wrath”).
Verb
vri (present tense vrir, past tense vridde or vrei, supine vridd/vridt or vride, past participle vridd or vriden, present participle vridande, imperative vri)
- to turn, twist, wring
- (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
- (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)
Derived terms
Noun
vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vriar, definite plural vriane)
- a twist
- (card games)
- a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
- a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game
Adjective
vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie, comparative vriare, indefinite superlative vriast, definite superlative vriaste)
- (dialectal) difficult, intransigent
References
- “vri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
vri (Cyrillic spelling ври)
- inflection of vreti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative