Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (3)
1. to ask, inquire; 2. to hear, learn; to find out (also freȝnan, frínan)
Etymology
[Mod E FRAYNE dial ← Prot-Germ *fregnan, *frehnan; Goth fraíhnan; O Sax fregnan; O Icel fregna; cf also wk v-s: O Fris frēgia, frāgia; O Sax frāgon; Dt vragen; OHG frāgen (Mod G fragen) ← Indo-Europ *prek̑-; Sanskr práśnás “question, query”; Avest frašna “question, query”; Tochar prak- “to ask a question”; Lat poscere “to ask (for); to demand“; precāri “to ask; to beg, entreat”; Lith prašýti “to ask, inquire”; O Slav просити “to ask (for)” (Russ просить)]
Paradigm
4.1.3. - III class
III class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
to tie, bind | bindan | band, bond | bundon | bunden |
to help, assist | helpan | healp | hulpon | holpen |
to cut; to cut down | ceorfan | cearf | curfon | corfen |
to fight, combat | feohtan | feaht | fuhton | fohten |
to pay; to repay | ȝieldan | ȝeald | ȝuldon | ȝolden |
to shake; to swing | breȝdan | bræȝd | bruȝdon | broȝden, breȝden |
to ask, inquire | friȝnan, frínan | fræȝn | fruȝnon, frúnon | fruȝnen, frúnen |
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