frisker

English

Etymology

From frisk ‎ -er.

Noun

frisker (plural friskers)

1. One who frisks or dances.
2. (archaic) A wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     I will have them whether I thrive or thee:
     Now I am a frisker, all men on me looke,
     What ſhould I do but ſet cocke on the hoope?

References

• “frisker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

frisker

1. present of friske

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Adjective

frisker

1. fresh
2. healthy

Declension

Declension of frisker (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frisker	frisk	friskt
accusative	friskan	friska	friskt
dative	friskum friskom	friskri friskre	frisku frisko
genitive	frisks	friskrar	frisks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	friskir frisker	friskar	frisk
accusative	friska	friskar	frisk
dative	friskum friskom	friskum friskom	friskum friskom
genitive	friskra friska	friskra friska	friskra friska

Declension of frisker (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	friski friske	friska	friska
accusative	friska	frisku frisko	friska
dative	friska	frisku frisko	friska
genitive	friska	frisku frisko	friska
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frisku frisko	frisku frisko	frisku frisko
accusative	frisku frisko	frisku frisko	frisku frisko
dative	frisku frisko	frisku frisko	frisku frisko
genitive	frisku frisko	frisku frisko	frisku frisko

Descendants

• Swedish: frisk

References

• frisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• frisker in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L