frawisan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (5)

to spend, waste

Etymology

[← fra- pref + wisan (vid wisan²; OHG firwesan “to use”]

Concordance

frawas - 3 pers, sing, p, indicat - Luk. XV, 14

Paradigm

V class	infinitive	preterite singular	preterite plural	past participle
V class	normal grade	normal grade	lengthened grade	normal grade
i/ă	-i-	-a-	-ē-	-i-
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is any consonant, except sonant, e.g. -b-, -h-, etc.	i + b = ib	a + b = ab	ē + b = ēb	i + b = ib
to give	giban	gab (gaf)	gēbum	gibans
	i + h = aih [-ɛ-]	a + h = ah	ē + h = ēh	i + h = aih [-ɛh-]
to see	saíƕan [-ɛ-]	saƕ	sēƕum [-ē-]	saíƕans [-ɛ-]

See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs