𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃

This single attested form is very likely inherited from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks or is very closely related to that form. However, the expected Ulfilan Gothic reflex of this Proto-Germanic form would be *friþureiks, which is not attested: a compound of *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (*friþus, “peace”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler, potentate, king”). The present form thus poses some problems which could potentially be explained by dialectal differences between the expected (fourth-century) Ulfilan Gothic and this actually attested (fifth or sixth-century) Ostrogothic form:

• The second element -reikeis has a somewhat unexpected form. While this sole attested form, friþareikeis, appears to be a genitive singular, that still does not match the expected -reikis if the second element truly were reiks; compare the attested Ulfilan genitive Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃 (reikis). It does match the genitive singular of 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis, “mighty”), a closely related adjective. Perhaps influence from this adjective explains the discrepancy.
• The -a- is unexpected given the fact that *friþus is an u-stem, but attested Ostrogothic names often feature such potentially dialectal oddities; compare 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍃 (sunjaifriþas).

𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (friþareikeis) m

1. (hapax legomenon, genitive singular) a male given name
   • Gothic Calendar, October 23:

     ·𐌺𐌲· 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍅𐍄𐍂𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹[𐌺𐌴𐌹]𐍃.

     ·kg· þizē ana gutþiudai managaizē marwtrē jah friþareikei[kei]s.

     ·23· of the many martyrs among the Gothic people and of Friþareikeis.

The table given here is not certain; see Etymology above.

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 39