vri

See also: VRI and vři

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• vrîg

Etymology

From Old Saxon frī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /friː/
• IPA^(key): /friːʝ-/ (inflected stem with -g-)

Adjective

vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)

1. free

Declension

Declension of vri

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	vrî	vrîen	vrîem(e) (vrîennote)	vrîes
Neuter		vrî
Feminine		vrîe	vrîer(e)
Plural	vrîe		vrîen	vrîer(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	vrîe	vrîen	vrîen
Neuter		vrîe
Feminine		vrîen
Plural	vrîen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

or

Declension of vri

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	vrî	vrîgen	vrîgem(e) (vrîgennote)	vrîges
Neuter		vrî
Feminine		vrîge	vrîger(e)
Plural	vrîge		vrîgen	vrîger(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	vrîge	vrîgen	vrîgen
Neuter		vrîge
Feminine		vrîgen
Plural	vrîgen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Descendants

• Low German: fri, free, frigg
• → Danish: fri
• → Estonian: prii
• → Faroese: fríur
• → Latvian: brīvs
• → Livonian: brī
• → Norwegian: fri
• → Swedish: fri

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.

Verb

vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)

1. to turn, twist, wring
2. (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
3. (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

Noun

vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vrier, definite plural vriene)

1. a twist
2. (card games)
   1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
   2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

Adjective

vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie)

1. (dialectal) difficult, intransigent

References

• “vri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vri_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “vri_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “vri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vrida, vride (verbs; long forms)

Etymology

From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną. Originally a strong verb, it may now also be inflected as a weak verb. Related to vreid (“wroth”) and vreide (“wrath”).

Verb

vri (present tense vrir, past tense vridde or vrei, supine vridd/vridt or vride, past participle vridd or vriden, present participle vridande, imperative vri)

1. to turn, twist, wring
2. (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
3. (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

Derived terms

• forvri, forvrida, forvride
• vri halsen om på
• vridar m
• vridekle n, vrideklede n, vrikle n, vriklede n
• vridel m
• vridemaskin f, vrimaskin f
• vriding f
• vridnad m
• vrien
• vrifure f, vrifuru f
• vriåttar m

 

Related terms

• vrikke

Noun

vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vriar, definite plural vriane)

1. a twist
2. (card games)
   1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
   2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

Adjective

vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie, comparative vriare, indefinite superlative vriast, definite superlative vriaste)

1. (dialectal) difficult, intransigent

References

• “vri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• riv

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vri (Cyrillic spelling ври)

1. inflection of vreti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative