frid
Pronunciation: /friːd/
“frid” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
A variant of fred, from Old Swedish friþer, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz. The spelling of the vowel as -i- originally signified a short vowel that became lengthened after original long and short vowels had diverged in quality and vowel length became positional. This vowel has generally been merged with the original short -e- and spelled thus and pronounced /eː/ in modern…
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