"freh" meaning in Old High German

See freh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: frëh [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *frek, whence also Old English frec, cognate with Old Norse frekr. Etymology templates: {{dercat|goh|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*frek}} Proto-West Germanic *frek, {{cog|ang|frec}} Old English frec, {{cog|non|frekr}} Old Norse frekr Head templates: {{head|goh|adj|head=frëh}} frëh
  1. greedy, ambitious
    Sense id: en-freh-goh-adj-cxktSvHQ
  2. audacious, naughty
    Sense id: en-freh-goh-adj-dW1457e8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frëhhī, frëhho [adverb], frihhida [noun]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frëhhī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "frëhho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "frihhida"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "frech"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "vrëch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frek"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "frec"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English frec",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "frekr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse frekr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frek, whence also Old English frec, cognate with Old Norse frekr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frëh",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "adj",
        "head": "frëh"
      },
      "expansion": "frëh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "greedy, ambitious"
      ],
      "id": "en-freh-goh-adj-cxktSvHQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "ambitious",
          "ambitious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "audacious, naughty"
      ],
      "id": "en-freh-goh-adj-dW1457e8",
      "links": [
        [
          "audacious",
          "audacious"
        ],
        [
          "naughty",
          "naughty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "freh"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Old High German adjectives",
    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "frëhhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "frëhho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "frihhida"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "frech"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "vrëch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frek"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "frec"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English frec",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "frekr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse frekr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *frek, whence also Old English frec, cognate with Old Norse frekr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frëh",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "adj",
        "head": "frëh"
      },
      "expansion": "frëh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "greedy, ambitious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "ambitious",
          "ambitious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "audacious, naughty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "audacious",
          "audacious"
        ],
        [
          "naughty",
          "naughty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "freh"
}

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