unfriþ

Old English

Etymology

From un- +‎ friþ. Compare Dutch onvrede (“displeasure, quarrel”), German Unfriede (“strife”) and Icelandic úfriðr (“war, hostilities”)

Noun

unfriþ n

  1. absence of peace, hostility
  2. the state of being out of the king's peace

Declension
Declension of unfriþ (strong-a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative unfriþ unfriþu
accusative unfriþ unfriþu
genitive unfriþes unfriþa
dative unfriþe unfriþum

Derived terms
  • unfriþflota m (“a hostile fleet”)
  • unfriþhere m (“a hostile army”)
  • unfriþland m (“a hostile country”)
  • unfriþmann m (“a man from a hostile country”)
  • unfriþsċip n (“a ship carrying out hostilities”)

Descendants
  • Middle English: unfrith, unfrit, unfriðe
    • English: unfrith

References
  • unfriþ in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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