frignan

Old English

Alternative forms

fræġnian, freġnan, frīnan
freġna — Northumbrian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fregnan, Proto-Germanic *frehnaną.

Cognates:

Cognate with Old Saxon fregnan, Old Norse fregna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fraihnan), and related to Old High German frāga (German Frage). The Indo-European root also gave Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎶 (a-p-r-s-m /⁠aparsam⁠/, “I asked”), Old Irish arcaid, Middle Welsh archaf, Old Armenian հարց (harcʿ), Tocharian A prak-, Tocharian B prek-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrij.nɑn/

Verb

friġnan

to ask, pray

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: fraynen, frain, fraine, frainen, frayn, frayne, freinen, freyne; fræine, fræinien, vraini; fraȝȝnenn
- English: frain
- Scots: frain, frane, frayn, frayne

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