Frithiof’s Sword, Angurva´del.
⁂ Frithiof means “peace-maker,” and Angurvadel means “stream of anguish.”
Fritz (Old), Frederick II. “the Great,” king of Prussia (1712, 1740-1786).
Fritz, a gardener, passionately fond of flowers, the only subject he can talk about.—E. Stirling, The Prisoner of State (1847).
Frog (Nic.), the linen-draper. The Dutch are so called in Arbuthnot’s History of John Bull.
Nic. Frog was a cunning, sly rogue, quite reverse of John [Bull] in many particulars; covetous, frugal; minded domestic affairs; would pinch his belly to save his pocket; never lost a farthing by careless servants or bad debts. He did not care much for any sort of diversions, except tricks of high German artists and legerdemain; no man exceeded Nic. in these. Yet it must be owned that Nic. was a fair dealer, and in that way acquired immense riches.—Dr. Arbuthnot, History of John Bull, v. (1712).
Frollo (Claude), an archdeacon, absorbed in a search after the philosopher’s stone. He has a great reputation for sanctity, but entertains a base passion for Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy girl. Quasimodo flings him into the air from the top of Notre Dame, and dashes him to death.—Victor Hugo, Notre Dame de Paris (1831).
Fronde War (The), a political squabble during the ministry of Maz´arin in the minority of Louis XIV. (1648-1653).
Frondeur, a “Mrs. Candor,” a backbiter, a railer, a scandal-monger; any one who flings stones at another. (French, frondeur, “a slinger,” fronde, “a sling.”)
“And what about Diebitsch?” began another frondeur.—Véra, 200.