frauðr

Old Norse

Etymology

Often cited as being inherited from Proto-Germanic *frauþaz; however perhaps instead from earlier *fraugr, and cognate with Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”).

Noun

frauðr m

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of frauðr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frauðr frauðrinn frauðar frauðarnir
accusative frauð frauðinn frauða frauðana
dative frauði frauðinum frauðum frauðunum
genitive frauðs frauðsins frauða frauðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: frauður
  • Norwegian: frau, fraud, fraug (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: frödh, frödher
    • Swedish: fröd, frö, fröa (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: frødh
  • Gutnish: fraud
  • → Middle English: froude, frode, frude, froud
    • English: frod (dialectal)
  • → Old French: froiz, froit, frot (“toad”)
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