frilla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse friðla (“a mistress, a harlot, a concubine”), usually contracted as frilla. Cognate with Danish frille, compare friðill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪtla/
• Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

frilla f (genitive singular frillu, nominative plural frillur)

1. concubine, mistress

Declension

declension of frilla

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frilla	frillan	frillur	frillurnar
accusative	frillu	frilluna	frillur	frillurnar
dative	frillu	frillunni	frillum	frillunum
genitive	frillu	frillunnar	frilla	frillanna

Synonyms

• (concubine): elja, hjákona

Derived terms

Derived terms

• frillubarn
• frilluborinn
• frilludóttir
• frillulíferni
• frillulífi
• frillulífisbrot
• frillulífismaður
• frillulifnaðarsynd
• frillulifnaður
• frillulífsmaður
• frilluson
• frillusonur
• frillutak
• taka frillutaki

Related terms

• friðill

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

frilla c

1. (colloquial) Diminutive of frisyr (“haircut”), hairdo

   Synonym: frissa

   Schysst frilla!

   Nice hairdo!

Declension

Declension of frilla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	frilla	frillan	frillor	frillorna
Genitive	frillas	frillans	frillors	frillornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse friðla.

Noun

frilla c

1. (archaic) concubine, mistress

   Synonyms: konkubin, bihustru

Declension

Declension of frilla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	frilla	frillan	frillor	frillorna
Genitive	frillas	frillans	frillors	frillornas

References

• frilla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• frilla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• frilla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)