vrien

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *frīon, from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn (“to love”).

Verb

vriën

  1. to love
  2. to propose, to declare one's love
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: vrijen
  • Limburgish: vrieje

Etymology 2

From vri.

Verb

vriën

  1. to free, to release
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the past participle of vri.

Adjective

vrien (masculine and feminine vrien, neuter vrient, definite singular and plural vriene, comparative vrienere, indefinite superlative vrienest, definite superlative vrieneste)

  1. difficult
  2. intransigent, unreasonable
    Synonyms: stri, sta, umedgjørlig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vrien m

  1. definite singular of vri

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the past participle of vri. Doublet of vriden.

Adjective

vrien (neuter vrie or vrient, definite singular and plural vrine, comparative vrinare, indefinite superlative vrinast, definite superlative vrinaste)

  1. difficult
  2. intransigent, unreasonable
    Synonyms: stri, sta, umedgjerleg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vrien m

  1. definite singular of vri

References

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