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fryd

Pronunciation: /fryːˀð/

“fryd” is a Danish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. joy, delight

Etymology

From Old Norse frygð (“magnificence, splendour”). Cognate with Swedish fröjd. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *frewwiþō or *fruwwiþō, a variant of *frawiþō, which is found in Old High German frewida, German Freude, Dutch vreugd. The modern Danish word has been influenced by German.

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