FRÜCHD
varieties
FRÜCHD (plur. FRÜCHDA) can mean 'fruit' (literally): fragments 6/29*, 47/9, 136/4, 167/11, 189/15 and 19, 104/1, 166/20, 167/20
or (plur.) 'fruits'/'results' (metaphorically): fragments 9/15, 12/15, 207/5
or 'delight'/'joy': fragments 6/29*, 49/15
(*unclear/ambiguous: either 'fruits' or 'delight')
in compound FRÜCHDBER/-BÀR: 'fertile': fragments 83/30, 165/20
The short variety FRÜ is only used for 'delight'/'joy': fragments 93/22, 139/11, 94/25, 126/15
as compound FRÜ.LIK/FRO.LIK a female name: fragment 133/32, 126/15
Derived from FRÜ are words used for wife/woman: FRO, FROW; see fragment 126/15
cognates
literal meaning 'fruit'
- fruit - English, French
- vrucht, fruit - Dutch
- Frucht - German, Frisian, Danish
- frukt - Norse, Swedish
- fruct - Romanian
- фрукт - Russian, Ukrainian
- vrug - Afrikaans
- φρούτο - Greek
- frutto - Italian
- fruta - Basque, Portuguese, Spanish
- fruita - Catalan
- fruttu - Corsican
- ffrwyth - Welsh
metaphoric meaning 'delight'/'joy' (etc.)
- vreugde - Dutch (older spellings: vroude, vreuchde, vruechde, vreude, etc.)
- freugde - Frisian
- Freude - German
- fröjd - Swedish
- frygd/frygð - late Old Norse
derivative 'wife'/'woman'
- fru - Swedish
- vrouw - Dutch
- Frau - German
- frou(we) - Frisian
- frūa - Old Saxon
- frú(a) - Old Norse
- frauja - Gothic
dictionaries
A relation between fruit, freude and fru is not recognised by oldschool etymologists (as far as I know).
fragments
FRÜCHD-
[006/29] RING AS HJA RIP WÉRON KRÉJON HJA FRÜCHDA ÀND NOCHTA ANDA DRÁMA
[009/15] THÀT SEND THA FRÜCHDA THINERA YDLENISE
[012/15] THJU ARBÉD ÀND THA FRÜZDA (FRÜCHDA) NÉI RJUCHTA DÉLA
[047/09] ANDA BÁMA ÀND TRÉJON WAXTON FRÜZDA (FRÜCHDA) ÁND NOCHTA THÉR NW VRLÉREN SEND
[049/15] INNA THA HIRTA THÉRA MÀNNISKA NAS BLÍDSKIP NACH FRÜCHD
[083/30] HWAT HJA KÉTH HÀVE SKIL FORTH BILÍWA AND FRÜCHDBER WERTHA
[104/01] THÀT ET KÍMA GROJA ÀND FRÜCHDA JÉVA MÉI
[136/04] JRTHA HETH HJARA BLOD DRUNKEN. MITH THÀT BLOD FODE HJU FRÜCHDA ÀND NOCHTA
[165/20] AFWIXLATH MITH FJELDUM ÀND WALDUM. FRUCHTBÀR (FRÜCHDBÀR) AN ALLE DÉLUM
[166/20] SE HOLDON HJARA SELVA TWISK BLOM AND FRUCHTA (FRÜCHDA) SKUL
[167/11] THÉR BLOJATH ÀND WAXATH THA SELVA FRUCHTA (FRÜCHDA) ÀND NOCHTA AS AN THA ÁST.SIDE
[167/20] VNDER THA FRUCHTA (FRÜCHDA) FON MIN LAND
[189/15] JRTHA WARTH BIHWÍLA ÁK AL.FÉDSTRE HÉTEN. THRVCHDAM HJU ALLE FRÜCHD (FRÜCHDA) ÀND NOCHTA BÉRTH
[189/19] NE SKOLDE HJU NÉNE FRÜCHD NER NOCHT NAVT NE BÉRA BÍDAM WRALDA HJA NÉNE KREFTA NE JÉF
[207/05] THACH THAT NETH NÉNE GODE FRÜCHDA BÁRED.
FRÜ
[093/22] ALLERA MÀNNELIK JEF TO AN MERY FRU (FRÜ) ÀND BLÍDE ÀND NINMAN NÉDE DIGER THAN TO ÁKANE SINA NOCHT
[094/25] HO KIRT SKIL FRÜ HIR BYDJA
[126/15] THA STJURAR HÉTON HJRA WIVA TRÁST. ÀND FRO JEFTA FROW THAT IS FRÜ ÁK FRO.LIK. THÀT IS ÉLIK AN FRÜ.
[133/32] KONE.RÉD ALSA HÉT MIN FORMA [...] THJU ÔTHERE FRU.LIK (FRÜ.LIK). ÀND THA JONGESTE NOCHT
[139/11] IN SIN KÉNINGKRIK [...] HWÉR FRÜ IS ÀND NOCHTA SEND