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Old English · verb

frefran

Normalised frēfran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfreːf.rɑn/
[ˈfreːv.rɑn]
Syllables
ˈfreːf · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sootheconsolecomfort

Meaning

  1. to comfort, console, soothe

    wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

    or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

    oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,

Conjugation

Conjugation of frefran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular frēfrefrēfrede
2nd singular frēfrestfrēfredest
3rd singular frēfreþfrēfrede
Plural frēfraþfrēfredon
Subjunctive
Singular frēfrefrēfrede
Plural frēfrenfrēfreden
Non-finite forms of frefran
Form
Infinitive frēfran
Inflected infinitive frēfrenne
Imperative singular frēfre
Imperative plural frēfraþ
Present participle frēfrende
Past participle frēfredġefrēfred

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to console, comfort”).

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